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Nicholas Jarry He gave Chile great joy this Friday in the Rome tournament, where they qualified for a historic final. This Sunday he will play against the German Alexander Zverevexecutioner in the semifinals of Alejandro Tabilo, another Chilean.
There was therefore heads and tails for the two Chilean semi-finalists unexpectedly in the last big event on the calendar before Roland Garros. Jarry (24th) experienced one of the most intense days of his career as he battled until almost midnight at home to win 6-3, 6-7 (3-7) and 6-3 over American Tommy Paul (16th).
The spectacular flight of Nicolás Jarry, in the battle against Tommy PaulANDREAS SOLARO – AFP
“An incredible feeling. The match was very exciting, very battled and with many emotions. Each set was different but I managed to bring out all my strength and my tennis in the third. It’s very difficult and even more so against Tommy, who makes you play. “I am incredibly happy,” he declared in Spanish at the end of the match after agreeing to his first final in a Masters 1000the category immediately below the Grand Slams.
Zverev (5th) had also needed three stages to get rid of a combative Tabilo (32nd), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) and 6-2. “It will be a very tough game. He knows how to play these finals. I have to follow my path, try to play it. It cost a little more, but we are in a final. The finals have to be played giving everything and that’s what I’m going to do,” said Jarry with the prospect of that fight against the German Olympic champion.
There could not be a 100% Chilean final at the Foro Italico, but the South American country will at least have a presence in the final of a Masters 1000 since Fernando Gonzalez He played precisely the one in Rome in 2007. 17 years passed! He then lost by a double 6-2 against the Spanish Rafael Nadal.
The only Chilean champion in the emblematic tournament in the Italian capital was Marcelo Ríos in 1998. For Jarry it will be his fourth final on the ATP circuit: he won the previous three that he played in, all of them on clay, in Enough (Sweden) in 2019 and in Santiago (Chile) and Ginebra (Switzerland) in 2023.
Jarry, 28, is the grandson of the Chilean tennis legend Jaime Fillol, present in the stands since the beginning of the week in the Roman tournament.
Nicolas Jarry confirmed in Rome that he is having the best season of his careerAndrew Medichini – AP
For the also Chilean Tabilo, the “holidays in Rome” They ended this Friday with their defeat 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) and 6-2 against Zverev after two hours and 16 minutes of play.
At the beginning of the match, Tabilo suggested a new surprise, after a Roman tournament in which, mainly, he knocked down the world number one, Novak Djokovic in the third round. The Chilean, revelation of the tournament, won the first set in just 30 minutes, leaving Zverev with only one game in favor. The German, the only survivor of the eight players from the ‘Top 10’ who participated this year in the tournament, woke up in the second set, which was very balanced and could only be decided, in favor of the current Olympic champion, in the ‘tie break’.
In the third and decisive set, Zverev, who already He was champion in Rome in 2017, imposed the ranking hierarchy against a physically exhausted and emotionally affected player, who was playing his first semifinal in a Masters 1000. “He played very well, I a little less so. I didn’t serve well. But the important thing is to be in the final,” acknowledged Zverev, who will play its eleventh final of a Masters 1000, the same amount as those played by his illustrious compatriot, Boris Becker.
“He was very aggressive in the first set. I’m normally the one who plays that role, but I couldn’t do anything at the level at which he was playing at that time. He could only wait for it to happen and take advantage of his energy drop,” the 27-year-old explained. Zverev will seek his 22nd ATP title this Sunday and his first since September 2023, when he won the ATP 250 in Chengdu (China). His last title in a Masters 1000 was in Cincinnati in 2021.
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