Tennis Alejandro Tabilo shines in doubles and manages to reach the round of 16 at the Shanghai Masters

The best Chilean in the specialty, accompanied by the Italian Luciano Darderi, beat the duo composed of Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 4-6 and 11-9.

Alexandre Tabilo He continues at the Shanghai Masters 1000. The national tennis player, who qualified yesterday for the third round of the individual competition, obtained, in the early hours of this Saturday, the passage to the round of 16 of the doubles.

With the Italian Luciano Darderi, the best Chilean doubles player (124th) managed to win 7-5, 4-6 and 11-9 against the Greek duo composed of Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas after an hour and 21 minutes of competition. .

The duel began with a slight domination of the European duo, a situation that translated into the fact that it was easier for them to win the matches in which they served, compared to the representatives of Chile and Italy who had to work a little more. to secure them.

This dynamic continued until the 11th game, when A series of errors allowed Tabilo and Darderi to get the break and then win the first set 7-5 .

In the second set, the Chilean and his partner were able to add a new break in the third gamesbut on this occasion their rivals managed to retain their service. The answer came in the tenth, when the Greeks put themselves under pressure and managed to break their serve to lead 6-4 and, thus, take the match to an extra set. .

In the third set, the path seemed paved for victory for Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas when they managed to take an 8-9 lead, leaving them with a match point in their favor. However, they were unable to close out the match at that point, which gave Tabilo and his partner the opportunity to advance by winning the set 11-9. .

With this, Tabilo and Darderi will have to wait for their next rival which will come from the cross between the Czech Adam Pavlasek and the Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer against the duo composed of the Finnish Harri Heliovaara and the British Henry Patten.

Source: Latercera

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