The qualifying stage australian open it began and left joys for South American tennis, on the way to entering the main draw of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season.
Some joys were assured since the draw brought clashes between them. one was from Nicolás Kicker (201st ATP) who collided with his compatriot Federico Delbonis, 136th and seeded No. 17, and did so with victory. He went 6-2 and 6-4 on his way to playing in the tournament for the first time in his career. In the next instance he will meet the Czech Dalivor Svrcina (219 °).
In another albiceleste duel, Thiago Tirante (223rd) defeated Facundo Mena (184th) with a clear 6-1 and 6-1 to stay two steps away from the main draw. The next obstacle for him will be the local Aleksandar Vukic (129 °).
Alejandro Tabilo (103rd ATP) had an ideal debut. The Chilean, the first seed in the draw, prevailed 6-0, 6-2 against the Serbian Nikola Milojevic (221st) to be two more wins away from his third time in the main draw of the Australian Open.
Now he will seek to go one step further when he faces Austrian Sebastian Ofner, 193rd, and who is coming off defeating Brazilian Felipe Meligeni with partial scores of 7-6(6), 6-4.
On the other hand, the also Chilean Tomas Barrios (230th) defeated Serbian Miljan Zekic 6-2, 6-2. At 25, he is looking to enter a Grand Slam main draw for the third time in his career, after qualifying at Wimbledon 2021 and Australia 2022.
In closing, Nicholas Jarry (155th) started off on the right foot: he was able to defeat the Finn Otto Virtanen (179th), 5-7, 6-4 and 7-6 (6). Now, the grandson of Jaime Fillol will have as his rival the Kazakh Timofey Skatov (144th), who precisely appears on the Eurasian country’s roster for the Davis Cup matches they will play against Chile in La Serena, in February.
The Brazilian Laura Pigossi also won, although, as a counterpart, the Argentines Genaro Olivieri, Renzo Olivo and Juan Pablo FIcovich, the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni, the Dominican Nick Hardt and the Mexican Marcela Zacarias fell. It should be remembered that All Australian Open qualifying matches can be followed on ESPN on Star+.
