Jarry improves to 10-2 on the young season, while Etcheverry drops to 7-6. He was off to the races after that, breaking for 1-0 and 4-1 in the final set before capping his march to victory in two hours and 46 to claim his second ATP title, and first since 2019. He was two points from losing the match at 5-5 in the second-set tiebreak but managed to get through it. The 27-year-old Chilean was in grave danger in the second set after squandering a 4-1 lead. Stealing the show 👶 son liking the look of the mic 🤣 #ChileOpen /sTMnf9HiRZ It's been very tough and I managed to keep on going this week. "It means a lot to me, especially for the two weeks in a row. I can't believe that I'm champion in this historic tournament of my family," Jarry said after the match with his infant son Juan in his arms. He is now just 14 spots off his career-high of 38, which was achieved in 2018. Jarry started the year at 152 in the ATP rankings but is now up to 52 after reaching the semifinals at Rio and winning the Santiago title in back-top-back weeks. On Sunday the hard-hitting, assertive 27-year-old brought the crowd to its feet again and again as he rallied for a 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6-2 victory over Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry.ĮMOTIONAL STUFF 🥹 receives the trophy from his grandad 🏆 #ChileOpen /kbpVH2NBKn Go back in the annals of ATP events in Santiago, Chile, and find Jaime Fillol, Nicolas Jarry’s grandfather, a former World No.14, who once played the final in 1977 and lost to the original king of clay, Guillermo Vilas.įast forward nearly 50 years and there was Jarry raising the trophy after a hard-fought, emotionally gratifying week that saw him win four consecutive three-setters, the last three from a set down. Kerber, who won her first clay title in six years on the eve of the French Open, defeated French wildcard and 2020 junior champion Elsa Jacquemot 6-1, 7-6 (7/2) as she seeks the only Grand Slam missing from her collection.Īzarenka of Belarus also reached the third round by beating Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 7-6 (3).Nicolas Jarry capped brought the faithful to their feet by winning the title in Santiago. This is her seventh appearance.įormer grand slam champions Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka also advanced to the third round. Sasnovich advanced to the third round at Roland-Garros for the first time. Raducanu, who also lost to Sasnovich at Indian Wells last year in the Briton’s first match after winning the title at Flushing Meadows, had 17 winners and 33 unforced errors on Court Suzanne Lenglen. The 12th-seeded Raducanu failed to convert on five break-point chances at 1-1 in the third set as Sasnovich recorded her 16th career victory over a top-20 player. Raducanu continues her slide since her US Open victory.
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