2024-07-04 12:21:02
The left-hander reached the final of the ATP in Mallorca and Chilean tennis is celebrating a milestone that will be repeated after 19 years.
Alejandro Tabilo (24° ATP) continues to make history in national tennis and advanced to the final of the ATP 250 Mallorca after beating the French Gael Monfils (40º) in a tight encounter.
The left-hander became the first Chilean in 47 years to play in the semi-finals of an ATP tournament on grass. Now, the second national racket will seek his first title on this surface, after winning by 2-6, 6-2 and 7-6 (3) to Monfils.
The first set was quite complicated for Alejandro Tabilo, who saw his opponent break his serve twice without any major problems. In the second set, the Chilean recovered his level and began to do more damage with his shots and reduce his number of unforced errors, which allowed him to win 6-2.
In the third set, the balance was balanced and finally the left-hander won by details by winning 7-3 in the tiebreak, thus obtaining, their ticket to the final of the Spanish competition.
With this victory, Alejandro Tabilo adds 150 ATP points and reaches the best ranking of his career, positioning himself in 20th place in the live ranking. Thus, becomes the eighth Chilean to be in the Top 20.
Furthermore, with this victory, Chile once again has two tennis players in the select group After 19 years, when in March 2005, Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu They appeared in positions 16 and 18, respectively.
Who will Alejandro Tabilo face in the ATP Mallorca final?
In search of his second ATP title, Alejandro Tabilo will face the winner of the duel between the Austrian Sebastian Ofner (54th) and Britain’s Paul Jubb (289th)If he wins, Jano will become Chile’s number one, passing Jarry, who would drop to 20th place, while he would move up to 19th.
The final of the ATP 250 in Mallorca will be this Saturday, June 29 at a time to be determined.