Cristian Garin, after reaching the third round in the Masters 1000 in Madrid —where he was eliminated at the hands of Taylor Fritz in a duel that was tied in the second set—, he is preparing for what will be the last M1000 on clay to be held in Rome before to undertake a trip to dispute Roland Garros in Parisian lands. For this reason, in the run-up to the tournament in the Italian capital, the Chilean received news that will make him smile from ear to ear.
Gago had already secured his participation in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, where he had to play the preliminary phase in order to earn a place in the tournament’s main draw and thus add a good number of points that would allow him to climb the ranking. However, in the last hours, from the organization of the competition they announced that several tennis players will not be able to compete, so Cristian Garin was benefited and will be from the main draw.
When it was announced entry list For the Foro Itálico tournament, the tennis player from Arica needed and dreamed that several colleagues would drop out to be able to participate from the main draw, and the dream came true in the last few hours. That the British Jack Draper and the American John Isner announced that they will not be in the Masters 1000 in Rome, allowed both the second Chilean racket and the Spanish Jaume Munar to advance directly to the main draw.
In this way, both Cristian Garin as Nicolás Jarry will say present at the tournament in the Italian capital to leave the Chilean flag as high as possible and thus get a large number of points that allow them to climb the world rankings. But, as if that were not enough, another of the objectives is to carry out a great performance that allows them to reach the second Grand Slam of the season in optimal conditions.
The points he defends
As in all tournaments, Cristian Garin He will have to defend what he did last season or, at least, go as far as possible so as not to suffer too many changes in the ATP ranking when it is updated, once the Masters 1000 in Madrid is over. In this way, the Chilean will have to defend 180 points for having reached the quarterfinals.
In 2022, he started the Internazionali BNL d’Italia from the main draw and, to be among the best 8 rackets in the competition, he first had to leave the local Francesco Passaro (6-3 and 6-2) on the road; He continued with the Finn, Emil Ruusuvuori (6-4 and 6-4), Marin Cilic (6-3, 4-6 and 6-4) and fell to the -at that time- number 3 in the world, Alexander Zverev (5 -7 and 2-6).
2023-05-03 19:03:48
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