The Chilean (106th in the ATP ranking) won in two sets of 7-6(3) and 6-3 against the German Dominik Koepfer (54th) in the first round of the German tournament.
Christian Garin (106th in the ATP ranking) began his performance at the ATP 250 in Munich the same in which he was crowned in 2019.
The Chilean managed to beat the German Dominik Koepfer (54th) in the first round of the German competition with sets of 7-6 (3) and 6-3 to enter the round of 16 of the tournament. .
Gago tried to start the duel by marking the differences and was about to succeed. In the first match they led 15-40, although the German managed to equalize. Anyway, the national tennis player pressed and managed to have two new opportunities to snatch Koepfer’s serve, but without positive results.
From the sixth match, the important movements began. The German takes advantage of a bad moment from Garin to break his serve. However, the Chilean did not weaken and achieved everything in the seventh Games to get it back .
So that was it. Gago put pressure on his rival’s game and managed to move to 0-40 and took advantage of the second break opportunity to bring the score to 3-4 in the set and, with the respective confirmation, leave the first set tied 4-4. .
After this exchange, the risky situations disappeared and everything had to continue until decisive game. Here, even if the Chilean suffered a mini-break, the German was worse by giving up three services, which allowed Garin to win the first set 7-6(3) .
In the second set, the duel ended up being decided in favor of the national tennis player who had the first chance to make the difference in the second game, although Koepfer ended up responding to the pressure to maintain his serve.
The key point came in the sixth Games. Gago took advantage of his moment to break the German’s serve and took a 4-2 advantage on the scoreboard. Although the host attempted to retrieve it immediately, Garin defended himself with everything and canceled the two break points that had put him under pressure .
Thus, the match ended in the ninth game for the Chilean to win the second set 6-3 and qualify for the round of 16 of the competition. .
In this case, he will have to face the American Alex Michelsen (70th) who beat the German Max Hans Rehberg (473rd) 7-6(2) and 6-3.
This will be the first meeting that the two tennis players will have on the ATP circuit.
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