Cristian Garin He is ready to make his ATP debut in Houston and it will be this Monday against the South American Hugo Dellien. Although the numbers indicate that the Chilean should have the advantage in the previous one over his rival, the reality during this 2023 is different and the bets are in favor of the Bolivian.
Just looking at the ATP ranking, we can see that “Gago” has a certain advantage over his opponent because he is in 82nd place, while Dellien is 111th. In fact, the “Tiger de Moxos” has just lost many places, but not because of a bad performance, but because he decided to take a two and a half week break from his last game. This is something that can be beneficial for Cristian Garin who arrives with the necessary rhythm to hit his rival.
However, the particularity that makes Hugo the favorite in the bets over Cristian Garin It is the present that both live during 2023. While the Chilean achieved a fourth round in Indian Wells as his best result, the Trinidadian comes from being the great champion in the Challenger in Santiago, where he repeated the feat he had achieved last year. On the other hand, he also registered a semifinal at the Córdoba Open after qualifying from the qualy.
The “Tank”, meanwhile, has not been able to get any title and has not qualified for any final so far this year. Beyond what he did in the Californian desert, he barely managed to be a semifinalist in the New Caledonia Challenger held in the first days of January.
not everything is negative
Despite all this, there is something that makes Garín regain his confidence and that is that he has the advantage in the history between both competitors. They have met three times with victories for the Santiago in the Challengers of Campinas, in Brazil and in Lima, Peru.
The only time Hugo was able to beat his opponent was at the Sarasota tournament in 2018 and that match didn’t even end normally. After winning the first set 6-1 and winning the second 3-2, he advanced directly, as Cristian had to withdraw due to injury.
