Alejandro Tabilo (32nd in the world ranking) had his consecrated week at the Rome Masters 1000where he reached the semifinals with a very tight defeat against Alexander Zverev (5th), 1-6, 7-6 (4) and 6-2, in more than two hours of play. Before, the Chilean had left Novak Djokovic (1st) and Karen Khachanov (18th), among others.
In the fall against the number five on the planet, Jano had a formidable first set and was on the verge of entering the Roman final in the tiebreak of the second. Then, in the decisive set, the German hierarchy could do more and ended up celebrating. However, at a press conference, Zverev He was full of praise for the South American.
“I didn’t play well, but Tabilo was the reason for that. He came out on the court hitting extremely hard and doing a lot of drop shots, being very aggressive, he wouldn’t let me play. I have to give him all the credit for not letting me play my game.“said Sascha.
“It is not easy to play aggressively against an opponent who tries to attack every shot. In the first one I barely touched the ball, to play aggressive you need some rhythm and I didn’t have it. Sometimes it’s also about finding solutions and I found them. I’m happy to have held on in the second set, where I think He was also playing better than me. Still I held on. Something changed in the tiebreak, the momentum changed from there. So I’m very happy to have gotten away in the third,” he continued.
Finally, he spoke about his possible rivals in the final: “Jarry is one of the most aggressive players on the circuit, with a great serve and a great forehand. He tries to hit very hard from both sides of the court. His victory against Tsitsipas was impressive, he was down for most of the match, but he always ended up coming back. And I think Paul has played very well this year overall. In Miami his ankle injury slowed him down a little bit, but before that and also since he’s been back he’s been playing great.”
