Alejandro Tabilo’s Cell Phone Interrupts ATP 250 Match in Chile, Creates Comical Moment

At the ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile, played in San Carlos de Apoquindo, an unexpected and comical incident marked the meeting between the Chilean tennis players Alejandro Tabilo and Tomás Barrios Vera. During a critical moment in the match, Tabilo’s cell phone interrupted the game, causing laughter among spectators and the players themselves. Despite this peculiar event, he achieved victory against his compatriot with sets of 6-2 and 7-5, securing his place in the quarterfinals of the tournament, where he will face the Italian-Argentine Luciano Darderi.

The curious event took place when the score was tied at 5-5 in the second set, and Barrios Vera was 0-30 down on serve. The interruption was due to Tabilo’s going to sleep alarm, an explanation that, far from increasing tension, unleashed good humor among the competitors. This incident provided a moment of relaxation in the middle of the competition, reminding the audience that, despite the high level of demand, sport also allows for these fun interludes. “It’s the alarm I set to go to sleep,” explained the athlete. “It’s to hit him,” Barrio Vera joked after the match.

Although it was a transcendental, defining moment of the match, Barrios Vera took it with humor when asked if it influenced the final result: “No, no, I think it was 0-30 now, right? I started that game badly, with a double fault. “It wasn’t a distraction, but what happened to him was incredible, to hit him.”

The ATP’s X (former Twitter) account joked about the fact when sharing the video: “Sorry, Alejandro Tabilo can’t answer the phone right now,” they wrote. Tabilo tried to downplay the small incident at the conference: “Yes, an alarm, I always have it at that time, it was a key moment. “It’s bad, I had to turn it off.”

It must be taken into account that since the tournament began, there have been days of deep controversies in Chile due to the conditions that the field showed and based on a series of viral videos that circulated with the bad hits that the balls had in some matches. held in the different courts of the complex.

The day Gastón Gaudio’s cell phone rang in the middle of the game.

This event evokes a similar occasion starring Gastón Gaudio at the ATP in Viña del Mar 2005, also in Chile. During a match, Gaudio’s ringtone, which said: “Gastón, phone. “Gastón, answer the phone,” caused a funny situation. El Gato, who at that time was at the peak of his career after winning at Roland Garros, stood out in the Viña del Mar tournament, adding this title to his successful career.

The activity of this contest will continue today, from 2 p.m., with the clash that will bring Sebastián Báez, the only Argentine who survives in the tournament, face to face against Jaume Munar. The winner of this pairing will clash in the semifinals with the winner of Pedro Martínez (executioner of Facundo Díaz Acosta) and Arthur Fils. On the other side of the draw, not before 6 p.m. on the central court, Tabilo will play against Darderi and then Nicolás Jarry, the first seed in the tournament, will face Frenchman Corentin Moutet.

The schedule of the ATP 250 in Santiago (Chile):

Court Jaime Filliol

2.00pm: Sebastian Baez (ARG) vs. Sebastian Baez (ARG) Jaume Munar (ESP)

Not before 6:00 p.m.: Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) vs. Luciano Darderi (ITA)

Not before 7:00 p.m.: Nicolás Jarry (CHI) vs. Corentin Moutet (FRA)

Court 1

16.00: Pedro Martínez (ESP) vs. Arthur Fils (FRA)

2024-03-01 12:03:00
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