The national tennis player (112th in the ATP ranking) beat the Portuguese (62nd) in two sets of 6-2 and 7-6(3) in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Christian Garin (112th in the ATP ranking) continues his spectacular week in Portugal. The national tennis player won in two sets of 6-2 and 7-6(3) against the Portuguese Nuno Borges (62nd) after two hours and 11 minutes of competition, thus reaching the semi-finals, a feat he hadn’t done since April. 2022.
The first set was clearly dominated by Gago who attacked from the start and quickly took the advantage. The third match was played with everything. The Chilean took advantage of his fourth break opportunity to snatch the Portuguese’s serve and take a 2-1 advantage.
After confirmation, the national tennis player did not give him a break and continued to attack Borges who suffered a second consecutive break to take the 4-1 advantage. In this way, Garin only had to continue to maintain his serve to be able to close the first set with a clear 6-2. .
In the second set, the fight was present again in the third Games. Once again, the Chilean had the opportunity to take the Portuguese’s serve, but this time the 62nd in the world managed to defend himself.
Of course, Gago had a bad time too. In a long sixth game, with him serving, he had to fight to keep it. Nuno Borges managed to have six break options, all well saved by the national who ended up getting the point .
The pressure against the Portuguese returned in the ninth game, but Garin ended up saving the two break chances obtained by the Portuguese. Thus, the partial had to be extended to decisive game.
In the event, a series of mini-breakups occurred which ended up favoring Christian Garin, who closed the set 7-6(3) to also win the match and the ticket to the semi-finals .
The last time the Chilean reached a semi-final of an ATP tournament was almost two years ago. He did so at the 2022 ATP 250 Houston, a tournament he arrived at as defending champion. In this round, he lost to John Isner 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
In this case, Gago will have to face the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (10th) with whom you have already had a previous meeting. The two tennis players faced each other in the third qualifying round of Wimbledon in 2018. The Chilean then won in three sets of 6-2, 6-2 and 7-5.
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