Once again, he had to push himself to the maximum to advance in the ranking of the last grand slam of the season. He beat local Bjorn Fratangelo in straight sets and will be looking to join Christian Garin and Alejandro Tabilo in the main draw.
Nicolás Jarry (120th ATP) continues his triumphal march at Flushing Meadows. The national tennis player earned his second win in US Open qualifying and He was just one step away from joining Alejandro Tabilo and Christian Garin in the tournament main draw. As in the first round, where he did his best to defeat the Argentinian Juan Bautista Torres, He had to play the maximum number of sets to beat local Bjorn Fratangelo (216th) 7-6 (4), 4-6 and 6-3.
Nico again performed excellently with his serve, with which he scored 23 ace and he won 80% of his points on the first serve. With the second he was a little lower, because he got half. However, his return numbers were much better, since he achieved 37% of the points with the service of his rival.
The duel was not easy at all, since the American broke in sixth Game and took the lead in the first quarter. However, Juan Ozón’s pupil managed to recover the break in the sequel. Without more differences and, alternating winning shots and unforced errors, everything was defined decisive game where the best of Santiago emerged to prevail.
The second set was different, with Fratangelo winning his service games quite easily and not even conceding a break point. Meanwhile, Nico was more complicated and he ended up suffering in the ninth game, where he couldn’t hold his serve. In the next, the North American closed without a problem, to win everything until the third set.
The final partial found Jarry with much more strength and solidity. He also defended well in the most difficult moments, like in the fifth game, where he had to fight a lot to keep his serve. However, andhis effort was worth it, because in the next lap he made the key break to close the match in two hours and 19 minutes and reach the final round of the quality.
By way of the main square, The Chilean will meet at 12:15 this Friday the Austrian Dennis Novak (137th) , who beat the Czech Dalibor Svrcina 6-3, 6-4 (218th). The last meeting between the two came in the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifiers in Austria where the national team won 6-4, 3-6 and 7-6 (2).
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