Cristian Garin (111th in the ATP ranking) will once again play the main draw at Wimbledon. The “Tank” passed the third and final round of qualifying and advanced to the main draw of the third Grand Slam of the season.
After winning the Chilean duel against Tomás Barrios on Wednesday, “Gago” He defeated the Kazakh Timofey Skatov (229th) this Thursday by sets of 6-2, 7-5 and 6-3after two hours and 33 minutes, making him the third Chilean in the London tournament, joining Nicolás Jarry (19th) and Alejandro Tabilo (24th).
Garin entered focused and although he could not achieve a break chance in the second game, from the fifth game he won four in a row, with breaks in the sixth and eighth, to quickly lose level and take the first set.
The second episode was quite even, although it was the Arica-born player who generated break points in the second and third games, but he was unable to score. And when it seemed that the set was going to be decided in a tiebreak, the former 17th in the world managed to break even in the 12th game to go up two sets to zero.
In the third chapter, the Chilean saved a break point in the first game, while he missed one in the fourth on his rival’s turn. However, he got a key break in the sixth, because from there he only had to maintain his deliveries and sealed everything in the ninth with an ace.
In this way, Garin took revenge on Skatov for last year’s crushing Davis Cup defeat and He will compete in the Wimbledon main draw for the sixth time in his career and for the third time surpassing the qualy (he previously achieved it in 2017 and 2018). In addition, it will be her return to La Catedral after missing the pageant in 2023.
