Tennis: Chile’s preselection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
The Olympic tennis qualification period for Paris 2024 closed on June 10, but due to the particular characteristics of this process, the international federation (ITF) does not expect to have the final list of entries until the first week of July.
Chile hopes to have three tennis players in Paris 2024.
The preselection of Nicholas Jarrylocated in 20th place in the ATP ranking, and Alejandro Tabilo, in 24th place, is due to its positions in the world ranking. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Olympic qualification system awards a quota to the top 56 selectable tennis players in the June 10 ranking, with a maximum of four per nation. Jarry and Tabilo, in the prime of their careers, meet that criteria.
Jarry and Tabilo were the big news at the recent Masters 1000 in Rome, where they were among the four best. Tabilo gave the big surprise by eliminating Novak Djokovic in the second round, before falling in the semifinals against Alexander Zverev. Jarry, who beat the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals and the American Tommy Paul In the semifinals, he also lost to the German.
Both fell in the first round of Roland Garros, but they will have the opportunity to redeem themselves on the Parisian clay in the next Olympic Games.
For its part, Thomas Barrioswho is currently ranked 155 in the ATP ranking, secured his place after obtaining the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023. The Santiago native thus repeats the path he followed towards Tokyo 2020, where he also arrived after winning silver at the Pan American Games .
“The three will compete in the singles event, while it remains to meet the couple that will represent us in the doubles competition,” reported the Chilean Federation. Precisely in Santiago 2023, the duo formed by Barrios and Tabilo also won the silver medal in the men’s doubles.
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