Beyond the marked personal desire, Cristian Garin He was always aware that his goal of returning to the first level in 2023 could take time, taking into account the difficult months since last season. However, at the moment, he can find himself with a more than positive balance due to the good feelings he has generated.
Gago began this year of competitions in Indian Wells, where he had to win the right to participate through the qualy and reached the round of 16 after leaving on the road, for example, the number 3 seed, Casper Ruud. In Miami, he also took positive aspects of the narrow defeat against Stefanos Tsitsipas, which allowed him to arrive in Houston with the expectation of repeating the title won there in 2019. Although he could not achieve it, He has not stopped his upward march and now he will travel to Munich, where he was able to win his second crown that same year. Therefore, Cristian Garin He will be one of the top contenders.
The event played in the United States in recent days had the particularity of a climate that altered the schedule for several days. This caused the players to be forced to reschedule their schedule and, for example, they could not travel to play the Monte Carlo Master. In that group was the Chilean who will directly appear again starting Monday in the German city.
When it comes to remembering what was the conquest of the maximum trophy in the described opportunity for the man born in Arica, it can be noted that it was a great performance. In the first round, he easily got rid of the local Yannick Maden before eliminating one of the favorites: Diego Schwartzman. The first big surprise came in the quarterfinals, beating home and tournament favourite, Alex Zverev, and beating —later— consecutively the Italians Marco Cecchinato and Mateo Berretini.
Fuente: (ATP Tour)
New favorites and old acquaintances
As happened in 2019, Cristian Garin He could find himself in the Munich draw with whom he beat on that occasion: Zverev and Berretini (seeded 3 and 4 respectively). However, none of them is, a priori, favorites to keep the crown since the defending champion, Holger Rune, will go for everything in search of revalidation.
Coming in as the second seed is Tylor Fritz, who isn’t a clay-court specialist, but who can move around quite well. In addition, names such as the last Dutch finalist, Botic van de Zandschulp – who had to withdraw from the definition in 2022 – or the Argentine, Sebastián Báez, are added.
