The Chilean tennis player defeated American Nicolás Moreno de Alborán in straight sets to move into the main draw of the North American 175 challenger.
Gradually Christian Garin (87th) is starting to emerge on the circuit after an irregular start to the season. And he does it by paddling from below, in the quality of the Phoenix Challenger 175. The national tennis player managed to win two matches in a row for the first time this year and entered the main draw of the highest competition in the category. after beating the American Nicolás Moreno de Alborán (166th), 6-4 and 6-4.
The national tennis player had just beaten the Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (155th) in the first round of qualifying, in a match where he saved a match point and he was about to collapse. With this background and great motivation, the player from Arica won this new duel, showing aggressive tennis and a very positive attitude.
Thus, Gonzalo Lama’s student managed to make a difference and get out of complex situations. He started 0-2, but managed to quickly recover the break in the fifth game to level things up. From then on, he felt much more comfortable and managed to take control of the duel. This is why it was not strange that in the ninth game he made another break, which then allowed him to win the first set with his serve.
The second round was balanced, with a to break sideways at the beginning. However, In the third game, Garin got another break and from there he managed this advantage very well. , which allowed him to close the match from a right angle. He thus begins to regain his feelings and his tennis. From now on, his rival in the first round of the main draw will be the young French hopeful Luca van Assche (86th).
Soto says goodbye to fighting
Meanwhile, on the Challenger 75 in Santiago, Matías Soto (586th) almost created a surprise against the Argentinian Camilo Ugo Carabelli (127th) during its premiere at the competition held at the Manquehue Club.
Despite the big difference in ranking, the Copapino had a great match against the Transandino, but ended up leaning 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3, in two hours and 29 minutes of play. From now on, he will continue his participation in the doubles competition.
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