Alejandro Tabilo scores solid victory on Mallorca turf and reaches career-best ranking

Alejandro Tabilo (24th) is experiencing the best moment of his career and at the ATP 250 in Mallorca He proved it by reaching the quarter-finals of a grass tournament for the first time. He achieved this masterfully, with a resounding victory against Kazakh Aleksandr Shevchenko (58th), 6-3 and 6-2.

Horacio Matta’s student showed a very high level in his service. He won 81% of the points with the first and his rival was unable to take advantage of any of the five break opportunities he had throughout the match. On the other hand, the return worked perfectly, since he made three breaks. The first of them, on the eighth Games of the first set, which put him on track to win this set.

In the second set, Jano immediately made the difference by achieving a new to break, which helped him face the rest of the match with great serenity. Thus, with inclined shots and fairly aggressive tennis managed another break in the fifth game after collecting four break points in the Games ancient . With this, the advantage became unattainable and he won a valuable victory, which also This will place him in 23rd place in the rankings, the best of his career.

For the passage to the semi-final, Tabilo will face the new sensation of Czech tennis, Jakub Mensik (85th). The 18-year-old tennis player beat veteran Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 (97th). If the Chilean wins He will be 22nd, so if he reaches the final he will be in the top 20. If he wins the title, he would supplant Nicolas Jarry (19th), number one in the country.

Meanwhile, in the doubles competition he also celebrated, reaching the semi-finals with with the Ecuadorian Diego Hidalgo, with whom he beat the French Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia, 6-3 and 6-4. Now he will face the first seeds, the Americans Jackson Withrow and Nathaniel Lammons.

The second round of quality Wimbledon offered a duel of Chileans, between Christian Garin (111th) and Tomás Barrios (196th), in a match where only one would have the possibility of continuing in the race to reach the third grand slam of the season. And it was Gago, who won 2-6, 6-2 and 6-0 against Chilanejo, in a match where the winner had to overturn a weak start.

The Gonzalo Lama student began to turn things around in the sixth game of the second set, where he earned the break that put him on track for the match. Then, after a vibrant and complex start to the third set, he maintained his solidity in his shots and closed the match in style. Thus, he will seek to top the Wimbledon rankings for the third time.

For the passage to the main draw, Garin will face the Kazakh Timofey Skatov (229th) this Thursday, in a match which will be played in the best of five sets, unlike the previous two.