Tennis Alejandro Tabilo fails to maintain consistency and ends up losing to Andrey Rublev in Basel

A major brand challenge for Alejandro Tabilo (21st) in the second round of the ATP 500 in Basel. Russian Andrey Rublev, number one seed and world number seven appeared on his route, which would undoubtedly be very good proof to confirm his excellent season. However, after a more than decent first set, The Chilean collapsed and fell 7-6 (3), 6-1.

The national tennis player left with complete confidence. It started with a ace the match and struck with his usual ease against an opponent who solved problems with great power. The only alarm in the initial cover This was the break point that Ale saved in the third game. From then on, everything was extremely equal and both offering notable points, it was therefore necessary to define the partial in the tie-break.

Contrary to what was shown against Marin Cilic during the two tie-breaks on Tuesday, this time he failed to maintain the same level and He ended up succumbing to the Russian’s good shots and some of his own mistakes. This would be the beginning of the end for the pupil of Horacio Matta and Gonzalo Lama in the match.

One of the areas where the Toronto native had the most complications was related to winning points with the second serve, a move with which he was only 42% effective which against a rival like the Russian is almost a sentence.

The emotional blow of losing that first chapter hit him hard in the second. Rublev, getting stronger and stronger and showing why he is one of the most consistent in 2024, took advantage of every opportunity Tabilo gave him and made two breaks (in the second and sixth games) which sealed the match and the passage to the quarter-finals. For his part, the left-hander could not improve his situation despite the fact that the Russian was not entirely good with his second serve (he won 53% of the points).

Thus, Chile has still not placed a national player in the quarter-finals of the traditional Swiss competition, something that hasn’t happened since 2007, when Fernando González was eliminated in the best-eight round of the tournament he won in 2005 and in which he was runner-up in 2002 and 2006.

Jano, on the other hand, is still unable to beat the top ten players on fast courts, and for him the season continues with the Masters 1000 at Paris-Bercy, then will close it at the ATP 250 in Belgrade, where he will seek to place himself in the top 20 again. In any case, a spectacular year will end, where he distinguished himself in one of the great climbs of the circuit and won his first titles (Auckland and Mallorca).