The qualification to enter the main draw of Wimbledon will have a Chilean duel. This after Christian Garin will beat the Frenchman Enzo Couacaud in the match by 7-6(5) and 7-5, while Thomas Barrios He beat the British Anton Matusevich 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3.
The chillanejo was the first to jump onto the field and had to fight with everything to overcome his rival on duty. The national tennis player tried to hit the entry shot and managed to have three break points that were saved in the end.
The response was immediate and Matusevich attacked, managing to break Barrios’ serve, reaching the necessary advantage that allowed him to close the first set 6-3..
Despite this, Barrios remained calm and was able to strike at a key moment. In the tenth game he was able to have a break option that he ended up achieving to tie the match 6-4.
Already in the final set, a new break in the second games He opened the door to the chillanejo who, After closing the round 6-3, he advanced to the second round of the classification.
On the other hand, Christian Garin beat Enzo Couacaud, marking differences from the first set. Even though the Frenchman broke him in the eighth game, Gago recovered in the games next to be able to even the duel 5-5. In fact, this sleeve should have been defined in the tie break where the national representative was more precise and closed the partial by 7-6(5).
Already in the second he had to suffer more than necessary, even though he began by taking the advantage in the second game with a break. After that, Couacaud managed to take away two consecutive serves in the fifth and seventh gamesmanaging to stay 5-3 up.
Far from being discouraged by this, Garin continued fighting and got his reward. When the Frenchman served to take the set, the Chilean achieved a break that put e. 5-5 partial. Finally, he broke in the 12th game to close the set 7-5 and advance to the next round of the qualy where he will have to measure himself against Barrios.
The Chilean who wins this duel will have to fight against the winner of the cross between the Kazakh Timofey Skatov and the Slovak Lukas Klein to ensure his presence in the main draw.
