After an hour and 44 minutes of play, the chillanejo defeated the Club Palestino tennis player 6-2, 6-3 and secured their pass to the semi-finals of the Brazilian tournament. At the moment, he climbs to 140th place in the world.
Today, Salvador de Bahía had a court dressed in red. And it is that in the quarterfinals of the Brazilian City Challenger, Tomás Barrios (145th) faced Gonzalo Lama (259th) for the third time in his career and the national duel was in the hands of the chillanejo by 6-2 and 6-3.
Confrontation that highlighted the superiority of Tomás over Gonzalo, stretching to 3-0 the balance in the duels between them in professionalism. They had previously been measured at the M25 in Lima in 2020 and at a Challenger in the same city last year.
The duel lasted 1h44 and ended with a hug between the Chileans, showing that the rivalry only remains on the pitch and that the relationship between the two is more than good.
now the quarters will have to face the Argentinian Gonzalo Villanueva, 330 of the ATP ranking , who has just defeated Daniel Dstra Da Silva by partials of 6-2 and 6-4. The match will take place this Saturday at a time to be confirmed.
So he who was born in Chillán will rise to 140th place in the ranking, with the possibility of reaching 127 if he wins the title in Salvador de Bahía, the tournament is part of the Dove Men+Care South American Legion circuit.
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