Nicholas Jarry came back in a big way after his suspension for doping and in 2023 he is completing the best season of his career, with two ATP titles (Santiago and Geneva) and installed within the Top 25 in the world ranking. And it keeps going up.
In addition, the 27-year-old from Santiago played in the four ‘Grand Slams’ of the year, displaying a good performance and playing as a seed in Wimbledon and the US Open.
And one of the enormous endorsements that the ‘Tower’ has had in the ‘white sport’ is that of his grandfather Jaime Fillolthe main Chilean tennis player during the 70s.
The Davis Cup finalist in 1976 spoke with BioBioChile about his grandson’s successful moment.
“What if very happy its present, there is no doubt. “It is very good news for Chile, good for the Fillol family and the entire group that is involved in tennis,” he expressed.
“We have been passing on a tradition now, from generation to generation, which is now in its third generation. I think Nicholas has shown maturity and a way of thinking, of feeling the things that the dear and the I respect of the people,” he added.
The shadow of doping
And it was not easy for ‘Nico’ to stand out among the greats today, with victories over stars of the stature of the Greek. Stefanos Tsitsipasthe German Alexander Zverev and the norwegian Casper Rudd. A punishment for dopingfor having consumed the banned substances ligandrol and stanolozole, stopped his career from January to November 2020, when he was 89th in the world.
Initially, Jarry risked a sanction of up to four yearsbut the defense managed to corroborate that the bottles analyzed in the United States were contaminated from their origin in a Brazilian laboratory.
Even the ‘Prince’ did not have a ‘protected ranking’ and returned with zero points in the ATP rankings.
Asked about this dark moment in ‘Nico’s’ career, Jaime Fillol said that “he had no intention of committing something irregular and less seeking to take advantage. I feel like it was a unfair sentence and damage was caused.”
“He focused on returning in the best way and he did it. Today he plays with a greater variety of shots, more intensity in the game and greater intelligence in the points,” he added.
Fillol and the sensations of bringing tennis to the classrooms
As director of the Institute of Sports and Wellbeing of the Andrés Bello University, Fillol will lead the Diploma in Strength Development and Innovative Tennis Training for Master or Amateur Tennis Playersan unprecedented program in the classrooms.
Among the academics there will be other important athletes of the discipline such as Fernando Gonzaleztriple Olympic medalist and former world number five.
“It’s something that we have always thought about. We reached an agreement with the Tennis Federation“We have done some things with them, a development plan that we presented to them and now this course,” he said.
“This diploma is unprecedented. There had never been a relationship between a university and a sports institution,” he said.
Chilean tennis in the Pan American Games…without the great local stars
Finally, the former 14th in the world and winner of 24 titles -8 in singles and 16 in doubles- referred to the expectations of Chilean tennis at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
The largest and most million-dollar multi-sports mega-event in the history of Chile will not feature the two main national rackets: Nicholas Jarry y Cristian Garinwho privileged to continue fighting with the greats on the ATP circuit.
Given this scenario, Fillol pointed out that “Marcelo (Tomás Barrios) and Alejandro (Tabilo) They have very good possibilities. “It is a good team that Chile presents.”
In addition to chillanejo and ‘Jano’, the host team is made up of Alexa Guarachi, Daniela Seguel, Fernanda Labraña and Gonzalo Lama.
Remember that Tomás Barrios achieved the silver medal by falling in the final against the Brazilian Joao Menezes.
2023-10-09 09:50:53
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