The Chilean took victory in the round of the best eight after beating Alexander Muller (212th) by partials 7-5 and 6-4. With this, he will rise to 136th place in the world and practically ensure that he is seeded in the Roland Garros qualifiers.
Nicolás Jarry (147th) continues at a steady pace in Aix-en-Provence and has already managed to reach the semi-finals of the French tournament. He did it after beating the local Alexander Muller (212th) by partials 7-5 and 6-4, in a close match, where the Chilean won again without losing sets.
It was a 1h35 battle, where only the details made the difference. And it is that the two tennis players managed to maintain their services for a large part of the match. In reality Jarry had four sets points at 6-5 and came back , but he still found himself with a strong defense of Gaul. In the last of those set plays, he just managed to clench his fist and tie the partial.
In the second set, a similar story, where Jarry had to keep consistency and take risks with his serve, being completely out of control for Muller. Finally, he managed to close the match with a 6-4 which brings him to his third semi-final of the season all at Challenger level.
With that, he gets 36 units that will take him up to 136th in the ATP rankings, a position that almost certainly puts him among the top seeds for the Roland Garros qualifier, which takes place at the end of the month. To be a champion in Aix-en-Provence can go up to 121 of the world.
Now he will have to face the French as well, Benjamin Bonzi (70th), who has just beaten Ramkumar Ramanathan (185th) 6-2, 3-6 and 6-0 .
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