Garin falls in the first round of qualifying and will not participate in the Masters 1000 in Rome

Christian Garin (100th ATP) will not compete in the main draw of the Masters 1000 in Rome in 2024. The northerner fell in the first round of the qualifiers this Monday, leaving him without a chance of competing in the fifth Masters 1000 of the season.

The defeat against Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin (134th) will give the Chileans pause, particularly because of the way the match played in the Italian capital unfolded. Gago served for the match in the second set and even had two match points that he couldn’t finish. First in the tie-break of the second set then when it was 6-5 and a return to the third set. Finally, and after more than three hours of play, the northerner lost 7-5, 6-7 and 6-7.

With this defeat and given that no ATP 250 or 500 will be played in the next two weeks, Garin will enter the Challenger 175 in Turin, one of those that distributes the most points in this category. The bet is not new, since when he abandoned the qualifiers for the Masters 1000 in Rome, he also chose to play a minor tournament before finding himself without activity, it was then the Aix-en Challenger -Provence, which finally came to fruition. won by Alejandro Tabilo.

In 2023, Garin had reached the third round of the Masters 1000 in Rome, in which he had to withdraw due to an injury that left him without Roland Garros last season. From now on, not being able to participate in the main draw will cause the loss of 45 units in the ATP ranking, going from around 100 to 108. Although this is due, the Chilean has the tranquility that the rank for the Abierto de France is now defined (quedó like other pages) and if you analyze the general plan of the arcilla movement, there were more than ones that followed last year.