Nicholas Jarry makes history in the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro. The Chilean tennis player entered the semifinal of the tournament, following defeating Argentine Sebastián Báez (35th) with partials of 6-3 and 7-6 (3) in one hour and 43 minutes of play.
Thus, he got into the top 100 of the circuit, something that had not happened since March 2000. Today he will face the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, second in the ranking and first seed in the tournament. In addition, he recovered the number one in Chile and will directly enter the main draw of the ATP in Santiago.
The Chilean did not intend to cut the thread and quickly took the lead. The first game he won without major shocks, while in the second he took advantage of the first of the two break points he managed to close the game. game and get 2-0 up. With the same forcefulness, he left the trans-Andean team at zero and went 3-0 at Court Guga Kuerten.
Jarry was smooth and set his terms. He had a new break point in the fourth game, but the Argentine tennis player managed to get the task to discount the score and go 3-1 down.
Thus, the Chilean only had to hold his serve to win the first set. He prevailed in the fifth to make it 4-1, but his opponent managed to get out of his early bad timing to trail 4-2.
In the final games, the national credit had no major setbacks. AND although Báez also served, Jarry prevailed 6-3 in 38 minutes, with more than 80% of the points won on his serve.
The second sleeve began with another intensity, but in the same balance. Jarry had two break points in the first game and didn’t miss them to immediately go up 1-0. However, his opponent returned the hand and it was 1-1 following breaking. The Chilean tennis player did not fail in the third and once more broke the serve of the 35th in the world to stay in advantage once more.
After that dizzying start, the Chilean picked up the rhythm of his serve and was quick to go 3-1 up. And although the Argentine managed to keep his serve, the national credit did his own to stay ahead in the 4-2 result.
The seventh was a problem for the Argentine, he was two break points once morest, but he managed to save them to discount, although 4-3 down. And he came back, he had three break points in the eighth, recovered the break for 4-4 and kept the thread to be up for the first time at 5-4. Both tennis players maintained their services and thus reached the tie break.
An instance in which the Argentine managed to be 3-2, but Jarry came back, won five consecutive points and prevailed 7-3 in the definition to seek his second ATP titlenow in Brazil.
