Tennis Alejandro Tabilo debuts with solid victory at Almaty ATP

Alejandro Tabilo made a strong debut at the ATP 250 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which is played on a hard court. The 23rd national tennis player in the ATP ranking easily beat the German Maximilian Marterer (114th) with sets of 6-2 and 6-4 in just over an hour of competition. .

The first national racket, which qualified directly for the second round of the competition by being one of the top seeds, began to make a difference in the match in the fifth games.

The Chilean took advantage of his rival’s mistakes and put pressure on, overcoming a 40-30 deficit. In this case, he managed to score two break points, taking advantage of the latter to take a 3-2 advantage. .

And he did not remain alone, because after confirming his serve, he dealt a new blow to his rival. Thus, in the seventh game, they widened the gap in the set, taking the advantage 5-2. HASYes, the national tennis player only had to hold his serve to win the set 6-2 .

In the second quarter, the situation was similar. The match was balanced until the fifth gamesmoment when the national representative took advantage of his first opportunity to snatch the service from the German.

Even though Marterer made efforts to try to stay alive in the game, his efforts were insufficient. Tabilo gave him no chance to recover the serve and it all ended when the Chilean closed the second set 6-4 .

With this, Tabilo qualified for the quarterfinals of the competition, where he will have to face the Canadian Gabriel Diallo (118th), who dealt one of the blows of the competition by eliminating the Croatian Borna Coric (96th) by 6-6(1) and 6-4.

Along the way, he also marked the start of his journey in the right direction with Gonzalo Lama, who joined his coaching staff as a coach, led by Horacio Matta.

During the day on Tuesday, positive news also came from Stockholm, as Nicolás Jarry (34th) won a long victory against the Swede Elias Ymer (252nd) by 2-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (7) after two hours and 25 minutes of play .

“It was very difficult for both of us. I’m happy because I was able to be a little more aggressive at the end and I didn’t give him as many opportunities. I hope to continue on this path, but it’s difficult,” said the national tennis player. And he added: “It was a battle, where I felt very bad at the beginning, and I was able to turn the situation around , I was able to maintain myself, try to lower all the mental doubts. These are still difficult times, so I’m happy with the level I was able to show in the end, to have won, to stay in the competition, and to add good matches little by little. That’s what I’m trying to do “.

His rival in the next round will be the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (55th), who beat the British Cameron Norrie (52nd) by a double 6-4. The match was scheduled for this Thursday.