The season has been cruel to Cristian Garin in these first months, with only a couple of victories; one, in Córdoba and, another, in Santiago, but with four defeats that have given him an early start in tournaments. The last one occurred this Thursday at the Chile Open against Sebastián Báez, who won 6-4, 6-3 and was left with the pass to the quarterfinals, in addition to sweeping the fan favorite.
In a streak of three falls in a row for the Chilean tennis player, who does not find the security he needs on the court and sees himself with few opportunities to pick up pace on the ATP circuit. It is for this reason that Cristian Garin He has made the drastic decision to return to the Challengers to try to add more minutes on the court that will allow him to return to competitiveness in the ATP.
Of course, that does not take away its presence from the Master 1000 of Indian Wells and Miami, only that “Yours” will also be presented in second level contests. So much so that in March he will participate in the Arizona Tennis Classic in Phoenix and the Sarasota Challenger, with the ATP 250 in Houston in the middle, already as part of the tour on clay that will make him the previous Roland Garros.
a single Chilean
The ATP 250 in Santiago saw Tomás Barrios leave in the qualifying rounds and Alejandro Tabilo and Cristian Garin in the main draw, where only one local representative remains. This is none other than Nicolás Jarry, who has just swept Juan Pablo Varillas and Diego Schwartzman and is now looking to get into the top four, just as he did last week at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro.
Source: (Tennis TV).
His rival this time will be the German Yannick Hanfmann, whom he already had the opportunity to beat at the ATP 250 in Gstaad 2022 in two sets, both defined in tie-breaks. In case of passing this test, the Chilean will face the winner of the cross between Jaume Munar and Thiago Monteiro, which will be played before the presentation of the “Prince”, who in Brazil was surpassed by Carlos Alcaraz in the third set and dreams of arriving to a final.
