After falling by the wayside in the ATP 250 quarterfinals in Munich when he fell to Holger Rune, Cristian Garin He arrived at the Master 1000 in Madrid with the idea of reaching that same instance again, which he only reached in 2021. The first step was taken well, since on Thursday he defeated Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6 (5), 6-2, but in his next test he had a player he had never faced.
It was Miomir Kecmanovic, who had not yet made his debut in the Spanish tournament due to his position in the ranking. It seemed that the Chilean tennis player was going to quickly take the first set when he broke in the third game after taking advantage of a 0-40, but he was unable to confirm the advantage and parity was restored on the scoreboard. In fact, Cristian Garin he even faced two break points, one of them for the set, which was decided in the tie-break.
As expected, the tie-break was favorable to the South American, who arrived at the second set with the idea of quickly closing the game. However, the set was too even, with no chance of a break for either side and, unlike what happened in the previous set, the tie-break went with the European. With two mini-breaks per side, he received at 5-6 when a ball from an adjoining court caused the point to be repeated and the native of Arica to lose concentration, an ideal situation to force the defining set.
Thus, Miomir Kecmanovic seemed to have everything in his favor, with a solid serve that had shown few weaknesses, but the Chilean was not far behind despite the emotional blow that meant that the second set slipped away. far from it, “Yours” broke at 3-4 with a brilliant return after his rival was 0-40 and kept the difference until it was his turn to serve for the match to close the match 7-6 (3), (5) 6-7, 6-4 in two hours and 41 minutes.
next opponent
Tras haber superado a Marc-Andrea Huesler and Miomir Kecmanovic, Cristian Garin He advanced to the third round of the Master 1000 in Madrid and was one step away from being among the top 16 again. To match his best cycle that occurred in 2021, he will have to overcome Taylor Fritz, who is coming off Christopher O’Connell 6-4, (2) 6-7, 6-4 at the Arantxa Sánchez Stadium.
Statistically, they have only met once in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 in Houston 2022, where the Chilean prevailed 6-2, (5) 6-7, 6-3 before losing in three sets to John Isner. . Although neither the schedule nor the field is yet defined, it is known that both will meet again with the network in the middle next Monday and that the transmission will be in charge of Star+.
2023-04-29 18:22:02
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