Following his victory against Hugo Dellien in the first round of the ATP 250 in Houston, Cristian Garin he had to wait longer than necessary to play the round of 16. His duel against Zizou Bergs was scheduled for this Thursday, but we had to wait a couple of days to see the match, since the rains in the Texan sky complicated the schedule, which for today should have the semifinalists as protagonists.
Hence, this Saturday, the day began with the round of 16, an instance in which the Chilean tennis player beat the Belgian by a double 7-6 in two hours and seven minutes to enter the eight best of the contest. Just reading the result already implies that Cristian Garin He did not have an easy game in Texas, although he did present a high level with which he had not been seen for a while.
With the serve on your side at the start, “Yours” It didn’t take long for her to take the lead with a 2-0 lead, although after that she showed weakness with the serve to confirm the advantage. In fact, the European took advantage of the South American’s insecurity in the seventh game to recover the break after a double fault and restore parity on the scoreboard. Thus, the first set was defined in the tie-break, where there were two mini-breaks per side until Bergs failed in his last service game and was down 4-7.
The second set was much more even, since the equality was maintained until 5-5, before the native of Arica took the service of his rival to get one game away from victory. However, he was not able to confirm the advantage and gave up his game again, so everything was defined once more in the tie-break, although without the same adrenaline as the previous one, since the Chilean won 7-1 to sign the final 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1).
Definite opponent
A few minutes after the start of the match on Court 3, Tomás Etcheverry began his crusade against the Australian Max Purcell, who had just completed his meeting with Daniel Altmaier this Friday, in the only match that could be played. Although he also went through a complex first set, the Argentine prevailed on the scoreboard on Court 7 7-6 (5), 6-1 in one hour and 49 minutes.
In this way, Etcheverry became the new rival of Cristian Garin, whom he will face in the quarterfinals this Saturday. This is because the organizers want to reach the last day with the semifinalists defined to return to prepare another doubleheader of action in Houston. As for the game, it still does not have an established schedule, but it is estimated that it will take place at night.
