The Chileans Alejandro Tabilo and Tomás Barrios (877th and 735th in the doubles ranking) had a triumphant debut in the Chile Open doubles draw by defeating the French pair composed of Theo Abirrage and Luca Sanchez (94th and 102nd) in three sets. °).
The result in favor of the Chileans came with a comeback following one hour and 54 minutes of play, by partials of 6-7 (4), 6-4 and 10-5.
In the second set the duel was tied 4-4 and the Chileans had a break point down, which they managed to save, and then broke and closed the chapter 6-4.
Already in the super tie break, Tabilo and Barrios were much more solid and had no problems closing the match 10-5.
With this step, Tabilo and Barrios entered the quarterfinals, where they will await rivals between the winner of the key from the Spanish Roberto Carballés and Bernabé Zapata or the Italians Andrea Pellegrino and Andrea Vavassori.
Barrios, for his part, will debut today in the individual draw of the contest in Santiago once morest fellow Chilean Cristian Garin, not before 7:00 p.m. in our country. while Tabilo will begin its journey on Wednesday, February 28.
The national players will face each other in the first round and the winner will face the also Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in the second stage of the ATP in Santiago.
The match was scheduled for the first shift in the followingnoon session of the “Jaime Fillol” Court, so they will play at a time no earlier than 7:00 p.m.
This is the first time that Garin and Barrios will face each other on the professional circuit, since they have no previous duels.
The stellar duel will be played by the lucky loser Facundo Bagnis (148°) with the Italian Luciano Dardieri (80°), a guest of the organization.
Jarry defends the crown
While another Chilean, Nicolás Jarry, will be the defending champion of the tournament. The current 19th in the world stated that despite feeling that he does not come with “very good consistency,” he hopes to have a “very good tournament.”
Jarry will start the tournament from the second round.
“I have to play at a very good level, not feeling like I come with very good consistency like I achieved last year. I am working very hard on that, I am also going to have a very good tournament like in Buenos Aires,” said the 28-year-old tennis player.
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