With three Chileans at the US Open: Nicolás Jarry defeats Novak and stays with the qualifier

The Chilean Legion at the US Open has a new member: Nicholas Jerry. national tennis player entered the main draw of one of the main tournaments in the world, beating -comfortably- his colleague Dennis Novak. The Chilean returns to Grand Slam after three years and, after 13 years, Chile will have three tennis players in the New York major. In 2009 there were Fernando González, Nicolás Massú and Paul Capdeville.

After advancing in the previous stages, the number 120 in the ATP rankings came to the duel with the Austrian with a confidence that had not been seen in the season and showing a confident game, defeated the man who occupies box 137 in two sets: 6-3 and 6-3.

Almost without forced faults, which had condemned him on other occasions, the native of Santiago showed great serves in the first set and managed to break in the seventh game . He then confirmed his serve in the eighth game and ended up taking the set with another break in the ninth game.

History that repeated itself almost in a traced way in the second part, but with a small difference: Jarry beat Novak in game eight and was leading 5-3 and with serve in his favor. Chance which he took advantage of immediately, to keep the game and the classification.

“The truth is that I am very happy for the whole week, for all the work. Today’s match was very difficult mentally. It was a difficult qualification, three games, where I was raising my level a lot”, ensured the capital.

Then he added “it was a great goal, after two years of work, good work, we are back and I want to continue in the same line and I am motivated for the next match. It doesn’t stop and I feel better and better about myself, on and off the pitch.

The Chilean had not managed to make the honor roll of the North American competition since 2019, the same year of his last victory against the 28-year-old athlete, when this time it was for the Davis Cup, and now he’s excited. on a fight that happened throughout the season: back into the top 100 on the planet.

Of course, for this he must have a favorable draw and try to advance as much as possible in the major cement. Something that the other Chileans who will say they are present in New York will also try, Alejandro Tabilo and Cristian Garin, who already know their rivals.

Jarry reached the honors ranking of the US Open after a great week. He first beat Argentinian Facundo Díaz (3-6, 6-3 and 6-4) then beat local Bjorn Fratangelo 7-6 (4), 4-6 and 6-3. Also, in the match against Novak he hit 14 aces, he only double faulted once, he made 56% of his first serve, he won 90% of the points he had with this service and he prevailed in three of the nine chances he had to break.