The start of the season had not been generous with Alejandro Tabilo, who within the ATP circuit had not had more than a couple of victories until this week. In qualifying for the Australian Open he beat Serbian Nikola Milojevic, although he did not reach the main draw after losing to Sebastian Ofner, while at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro he beat Marco Cecchinato.
But the story began to change in the Indian Wells Master 1000, where the Chilean tennis player qualified by beating Christopher O’Connell and Zachary Svajda. Already in the main frame, Alejandro Tabilo he beat German Maximilian Marterer 6-4, 6-3 on Court 3 to advance to the second round, while Cristian Garín did the same against Daniel Galán on Court 7.
With such results, both players won a prize of more than 30 thousand dollars, although the amount will increase if they manage to advance to the third round. The economic returns that the tournament will distribute indicate that both “Jano” and “Gago” would earn a total of $55,770 if they were victorious in the matches this Friday for the second round of the contest.
Today’s day will begin at 4:00 p.m. in Chile and Argentina (1:00 p.m. CDMX and 8:00 p.m. Spain) and will have Cristian Garín as the protagonist of the first shift on Court 5 against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka. For his part, Alejandro Tabilo will play in the third turn of the same stage against the local Maxime Cressy once the match between Roberto Bautista Agut and Emil Ruusuvuori concludes.
without the greats
With Roger Federer retired and without Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic, the Indian Wells Masters 1000 only has two of its last champions, since Dominic Thiem has already been left out when he fell to Adrian Mannarino in three sets. Both Cameron Norrie and Taylor Fritz have not yet debuted in the current edition of the contest that they knew how to win in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
The British will be the first to see action this Friday, when he faces the Taiwanese Wu Tung-lin this afternoon on Court 3, while the American will have to face his compatriot Ben Shelton this Saturday. It is worth mentioning that neither of them are close to facing the Chileans at the moment, since an eventual crossover would only take place in more advanced instances.
