Barrios is humorously alarmed by Tabilo at the Chile Open: “Unbelievable what happened to him, hitting him”

Tomás Barrios closed his South American ATP tour with a defeat in the round of 16. It was against his great teammate, Alejandro Tabilo, who beat him for the first time after four previous matches. A match to which he returned in a press conference, even addressing a particular moment of the second set.

It was in this sequence that an alarm began to sound in the stadium as Chillán’s team led 5-5, 0-30. After a few seconds he looked at his rival, who quickly understood that the noise came from his bag. He rushed to turn it off, but the truth is that in that same match he lost his serve and was one step away from defeat. Moment of drama, but one that Barrios took with humor when asked if it had hurt him: “No, no, I think it was already 0-30, right? I started this match badly, with a double fault. It wasn’t a distraction, but what happened to him was unbelievable, hitting him “, he admitted.

Concerning the level of the two, he also took the opportunity to respond in complete honesty: “He clearly had a better match, he served very well, I never managed to get into the rhythm of the return, I think that It also put the pressure on a bit when it was my turn to serve. “It’s obviously painful to lose, but if the streak (of victories against the Chileans) were to end, I prefer it to be with him,” he stressed.

Regarding his next projects, he clarified that he does not yet have all the clarity, but that there is one confirmed event on his calendar: “TYou have to see it now, there are some tournaments in Mexico, even in Europe. Safe play in Chile in the Challenger . Next week I still don’t know what I’m going to do, so it’s still not decided there,” he said.