The country’s top two rackets debut in the second round of the Chinese competition. The left-hander hasn’t won in singles since August. While Nicolas Jarry will seek to return to victory.
The Shanghai Masters 1000 has already started its action. In the Asian competition, Alejandro Tabilo (22nd) and Nicolás Jarry (29th) debut in the second round after being free in the first round due to their seeded status. In this sense, they already have rivals on a path in which they will seek to return to victory and begin the last part of the season with better sensations. Both were not scheduled for this Thursday, so they are expected to debut on Friday.
In the case of the southpaw, he is betting on breaking an eight-game losing streak. The last time he made it past the first round was at the Masters 1000 in Montreal. where he reached the round of 16, losing on this occasion to world number one Jannik Sinner.
The Toronto native has just lost narrowly against the Dane Holger Rune at the ATP 500 in Tokyo, where he reached the semi-finals in doubles and became the Chilean number one in this modality. In China, he also entered a duo with the Italian Luciano Darderi. His rivals will be the brothers Stefanos and Petros Tsitsipas.
In singles, His debut will be against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (62nd), who beat American Reilly Opelka (309th) 6-4 and 7-6 (5). The two met once, with the Chilean winning 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 16 at this year’s ATP 250 in Bucharest.
If he advances to the next phase, a tough opponent awaits him: the American Tommy Paul (13th), who faces Italian veteran Fabio Fognini (81st).
“This year has been incredible. “I could never have dreamed that I would be in the Top 20 this year,” he said a few weeks ago in a conversation with ATP Tour.com where his goal was set for the latter part of the season. “A next ranking goal for the rest of the year, with very few tournaments left, could be the Top 15, which would be amazing for me, and aiming for the top ten.”
Nico looks at Alcaraz
Nicolás Jarry is slowly starting to put behind the vestibular neuronitis that affected his balance and coordination and hopes to get back on track with a victory in Shanghai. He will face the Chinese Yibing Wu (560th), who beat the Indian Sumit Nagal (83rd) by a double 6-3.
If we overcome this first obstacle, it appears possible rival in third round of Carlos Alcaraz contest world number two. The Spaniard, brand new winner in Beijing, will face the Chinese Juncheng Shang, former student of Marcelo Ríos and which is today on the verge of the top 50 in the ranking.
The country’s number two has just lost in three sets against Sinner at the ATP 500 in Beijing, in a match that left pleasant feelings, despite the defeat. In this sense, the student of César Fábregas and Juan Ignacio Chela was much closer to the level he had before the illness.
To speed up the pace, The Chilean also participated in the doubles in the Chinese capital, where he reached the quarterfinals and a promotion of more than 90 positions. which put it back among the top 250 in the modalities ranking.
Source: Latercera
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