Alejandro Tabilo (24th) is experiencing the best moment of his career and at the ATP 250 in Mallorca He is proving it by reaching the quarterfinals of a grass-court tournament for the first time. He achieved it in a masterful way, with a resounding victory over the Kazakh Aleksandr Shevchenko (58th), 6-3 and 6-2.
Horacio Matta’s pupil showed a very high level with his service. He won 81% of points with the first and his rival was unable to take advantage of any of the five break chances he had throughout the match. On the other hand, the return worked perfectly, as he achieved three breaks. The first of them, in the eighth games of the first set, which allowed him to get on track to win that set.
In the second set, Jano immediately made a difference, achieving a new break, which helped him face the rest of the match very calmly. Thus, with angled shots and quite aggressive tennis achieved a new break in the fifth game after having raised four break points in the games former. With this, the advantage became unattainable and he won a valuable victory, which also It will place him in 23rd place in the ranking, the best of his career.
For the passage to the semi-finals, Tabilo will face the new sensation of Czech tennis, Jakub Mensik (85th). The 18-year-old player beat veteran Fabio Fognini (97th) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. If the Chilean wins He will be 22nd, so if he reaches the final he will be top 20. If he wins the title, he would displace Nicolás Jarry (19th), who holds the number one in the country.
Meanwhile, in the doubles competition he also celebrated, as he reached the semifinals along with with the Ecuadorian Diego Hidalgo, with whom he defeated the French Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia, 6-3 and 6-4. Now, he will face the first seeds, the Americans Jackson Withrow and Nathaniel Lammons.
The second round of the qualy Wimbledon offered a duel of Chileans, between Christian Garin (111th) and Tomás Barrios (196th), in a match where only one was going to have the possibility of remaining in the race to enter the third grand slam of the season. And that was Gago, who won 2-6, 6-2 and 6-0 against Chilanejo, in a match where the winner had to reverse a weak start.
Gonzalo Lama’s pupil began to turn the match around from the sixth game of the second set, where he got the break that put him on track in the match. Then, after a vibrant and complex start to the third set, he maintained his solidity in his shots and closed the match in a great way. Thus, he will seek to overcome the Wimbledon qualifications for the third time.
For the move to the main draw, Garin will face the Kazakh Timofey Skatov (229th) this Thursday, in a match that will be played in the best of five sets, unlike the previous two.
