2024-04-02 01:40:22
Just hours before he faces the 4th in the world, Daniil Medvedev, the Chilean stands out with great statistics against top ten players.
The national tennis player Nicholas Jarry (23rd ATP) seeks to continue making history tonight when he again faces a Top 10 player, the Russian Daniil Medvedev (4º)for a place in the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Miami, in United States.
The first national racket He became the only Chilean in 20 years to reach the quarterfinals of the Miami Open and the third in all history to reach said stage of the contest, emulating what was done by Marcelo Ríos and Fernando González.
He has achieved this achievement by playing great tennis against the best players in the world rankings, such as the Norwegian. Casper Ruud (8º), whom he beat 7-6 and 6-3. In this way, he achieved a new victory against a top ten, and this Wednesday, he will go for more when he faces another player from that list.
Nicolás Jarry’s history playing against the Top 10 of the ATP ranking
This year, prior to the recent victory against Ruud, Nicolás Jarry He achieved the best victory of his career when he won against Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) in the semifinals of the Argentina Open 2024 in February.
In this sense, the Chilean has made happy accounts regarding his confrontations with the best players in the world. In fact, the 28-year-old athlete ranks with the second best performance of a national tennis player in his first 20 matches against this type of rivalsbeing surpassed only by Fernando González, who had a 50% performance (10-10).
Nicolás Jarry’s record is 9-11 (wins/losses)which translates into a 45% performance.
In detail, Chile’s number one racket took the victory against the Austrian Dominic Thiem in Hamburg 2018; to Croatian Marin Cilic in Shanghai 2018; to German Alexander Zverev in Barcelona 2019 and recently against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz in Buenos Aires 2024.
In addition, he beat the Greek on three occasions Stefanos Tsitsipas (Hertogenbosch 2019, Halle 2023 and Bejing 2023) and in two to Casper Ruud (Geneva 2023 and Miami 2024)