After the resumption of the duel suspended on Monday due to rain, the national tennis player managed to close the match in his favor by 7-6(3) and 7-5.
Christian Garin (112th in the ranking) celebrated again on the ATP circuit . The Chilean returned to the main draw after more than a month, considering that his last experience of this type had been the Chilean Open, where he lost in the first round to Tomás Barrios. After that, he played the Phoenix Challenger, the Miami Open qualifiers and the Girona Challenger.
And now, in Portugal, he wins a new triumph. In the first round of the Estoril Open, Gago won 7-6(3), 7-5 against Austrian Jurij Rodionov (119th). in a duel which began to be played on Monday, but was interrupted by rain.
In the first set, Garin started by taking the advantage in the sixth game by obtaining a break which, after confirmation, left him with a 5-2 lead.
However, Rodionov managed to complicate things. After saving two set points in the eighth Gamesobtained two breaks until reversing the result and leading 6-5 with the possibility of closing the set with his service.
However, The Chilean continued to fight and managed to regain the Austrian’s serve to force the decisive game an instance in which they won 7-3 .
The second set was just as hard, of course it was stopped when Garin was serving 4-5 and 30-30 when the judge determined that the duel should be suspended .
After the resumption, which took place this Wednesday, Gago managed to take his serve and break Rodinov in the next to close the set and the match 7-5 .
From now on, the Chilean must wait for his rival who will emerge from the clash between the Frenchman Arthur Fils (37th) and the Portuguese Joao Sousa (272nd).
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