Alejandro Tabilo (91st in the world ranking) beat Cristian Garin (30th) this Wednesday in the Chilean classic and qualified for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 Munichwhich takes place in Germany.
Chile’s number two racket showed the same solidity with which he beat his compatriot at the Chile Open last February, and this time he won the match by partials of 6-3 and 6-4, in just over an hour and a half.
The meeting was favorable at all times to “Jano”, who broke “Gago” from the start, but he reacted immediatelyso the Canadian-born needed another break in game six to clinch the first set.
In the second part, Tabilo went as far as 4-1 and then had two match points in the eighth gamealthough finally it should demand more to close the meeting, before an interesting attack of the “Tank”.
Now, “Tabi” will have to face the Frenchman Hugo Gaston (72nd), who defeated the American Marcos Giron (53rd), in an exhausting game of more than two and a half hours.
Garin, meanwhile, will prepare for the Masters 1,000 in Madridto be played from next week.