2024-08-03 04:05:51
Check out the results of Chile’s rivals at the Olympic Games and what their previous matches have been like.
The draw for men’s tennis was made in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games y Alejandro Tabilo (21st ATP), Nicolas Jarry (24th) and Tomas Barrios (163rd) They already know their rivals in the first round.
Tablewho is one of the top seeds in the draw, will make his Olympic debut against the Russian Roman Safiullin (67°)If he continues to advance, the first national racket will face the winner of the duel between the Argentine Tomás Etcheverry (35th) and the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (72nd).
For its part, Jarry will debut against the Australian Alexei Popyrin (46°)If El Príncipe advances to the second round, he will face either Swiss Stan Wawrinka (109th) or Russian Pavel Kotov (62nd).
While Thomas Barrios will face the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (37th)in what will be his second participation in the Olympic Games, since he was already present in Tokyo 2020, where he was eliminated in the first round at the hands of Jeremy Chardy.
How do Tabilo, Jarry and Barrios’ rivals fare at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
The Russian Roman Safiullin (67°) will be Alejandro Tabilo’s rival in the first round, who has not had a great performance so far this year. In fact, during this season he has a record of 8 wins and 16 losses.
He reached his best ranking in January 2024 when he reached 36th place. However, since then he has had several early-round falls.
Regarding his latest performances, He is coming off a first round loss at the Bastad ATP against Roberto Carballes Baena on July 16. Although his participation in Wimbledon 2024 stands out, where he reached the third round and was defeated by Arthur Fils in five sets.
Alexei Popyrin (46°) will be Nicolás Jarry’s rival. The Chilean leads the head-to-head with two wins in two matches played against each other (Monte Carlo and Paris 2023).
The Australian records 12 wins and 13 losses in the current season, where his participation in Wimbledon by reaching the third round of the Grand Slam. As for the preparatory tournaments for Paris 2024, He fell in the first round at the ATP in Hamburg and Umag.
Besides, Francisco Cerúndolo (37th) He appears to be the most difficult opponent for the Chilean tennis players in the first round, which is partly due to the fact that Tomás Barrios was not seeded.
The Argentine records 18 wins and 20 losses in this 2024, where its performance stands out in Roland Garros reaching the fourth round after losing to Novak Djokovic in five sets.
Regarding his tournaments prior to the Olympic event, Cerúndolo reached the Quarter-finals at the ATP in Hamburg and right now he is playing the second round of the Umag tournament in front of Lorenzo Sonego.