Alejandro Tabilo achieves the best position of his career in the ATP rankings

Alejandro Tabilo continues to live dream days. The national tennis player had a great performance at the Masters 1000 in Rome which allowed him to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in this type of tournament. .

The journey of the second national racket began in the second round of the Italian tournament, when he made his debut with an impeccable presentation against the German Yannick Hanfmann (59th).

Everything improved in the round of 16, where he had to face Novak Djokovic. The national representative tried his best and managed to beat the world number one, thus recording his best victory as a professional and advancing to the round of 16.

This Tuesday, he faced the Russian Karen Khachanov (18th) and the tour remained intact. In two consecutive sets of 7-6 (5) and 7-6 (10) Tabilo managed to win and reach the quarter-finals where he will face the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (56th).

With all this, the Chilean born in Canada has achieved important points that will allow him to make a significant jump in the ranking which will become official this Monday, entering the Top 30 in the world. .

For the moment, Tabilo appears in the live ranking at 28th place a position that will allow him to be seeded on the clay court of Roland Garros.

The Chilean thus extends his great present on this surface, since he was crowned champion a few days ago at Challenger 175 in Aix-en-Provence, in France. Given that, The national representative has accumulated seven consecutive victories in this area, a record that he intends to continue to extend .

It should be noted that this stay in Rome also brought him great economic benefits. For advancing to the round of 16, he received $94,862 and now, for advancing to the quarterfinals, he received an additional $173,758.

After beating Khachanov, Alejandro Tabilo shared a few words with the crowd in the stands. “The feeling is incredible. We worked very hard with the team. Being in my first Masters 1000 quarter-final is a wonderful thing. I feel fantastic! “, the winner began by saying.

“There were a lot of nerves. My arms were very heavy. In the last service points, I couldn’t take it anymore and decided to try my luck with the serve and volley. I started using it more and it helped. On the last point, I didn’t know if I should serve open or on the T, so I threw the ball to the body. Luckily, I was able to close out the game there. “, he explained on the last point.

He also took the time to talk about the victory against the Serb in the previous round. “The win against Djokovic two days ago was crazy “, inmate. “The first day I tried to turn off the phone and be with my team, with my loved ones. “I am happy that I was able to refresh my mind, go out on the court and show my tennis again,” concluded Tabilo.