Debuts and farewells: Garin falls to Coria in the first round of Kitzbühel

The passage of Christian Garin (71st) by Kitzbühel was over from the outset. The northerner could not against Federico Coria (73rd) and fell 4-6 and 5-7 in Austrian ATP 250 debut . This is the Chilean’s second consecutive defeat in the first round, after his excellent run at Wimbledon. Now think of the North American tour, where he will likely have to play the Masters 1000 qualifiers in Canada and Cincinnati.

The first set was difficult for the national team. Despite starting with momentum and a search for victory, the partial development did not go as planned. He soon suffered a break and became 1-4 on the scoreboard , far from equaling the shares. There yes, the best Garin appeared. Powerful from the forehand, he gradually reduced the gap, even reaching 4-5. A case where unfortunately the Argentinian managed to consolidate his advantage and take the set.

The positive point was that the duel was level. This rise of the Chilean left open the development of the second set, the one in which Garin has now started powerfully. The problem was that Coria was too and managed to neutralize the level rise from the north. The trans-Andean knows perfectly the game of the national tennis player, since his current coach is Andrés Schneiter, former coach of Gago . Gringo’s work with the younger brother of the “Magician” has been great, managing to insert him fully into the tour and It is already the third time that he has managed to beat his former pupil, after Bstaad 2021 and Rio de Janeiro 2022.

The most important moment of this second set started at 2-3 and the service for the national. This match was extremely complex for Christian, who had to save break points and several 40s everywhere. The Chilean managed to overtake his rival and arrive on fire for the next game, where he smashed Coria without losing any points.

With 4-3 and service, everything seemed ready for the Chilean to win the set, but no. Garin suffered errors of nervousness and lack of tact, missing the opportunity to close the partial. Without a doubt This smash hurts him at 30-40 where he left the ball in the net and gave his rival the break.

A moment that he could not quickly overcome and that even left him one step away from losing the match at 4-5. gag he had two match points against, but managed to save them with good services and rights that did not let his rival manage to enter the paleteos. A negative feeling that finally materialized at 5-6, where he broke again and let the confrontation pass.

Now The Argentinian expects a rival in the duel between Nicolás Jarry (112th) and Pedro Martínez (49th) , so that he can face a national tennis player again in Kitzbühel. The Chileans, on the other hand, left with the desire to see the first Jarry-Garin at the ATP level.

Now the second Chilean racket will travel to North America to prepare for the tour before the US Open. His passage will begin in Canada, where after his sharp fall in the rankings, he will have to play in the qualifiers for the Masters 1000 in Montreal.