The Chilean Nicholas Jarry achieved one of the most deserved victories of his career by defeating the fourth player in the world and champion of the last two editions, the Norwegian Casper Ruudfirst favorite, to reach the semifinals of the tournament Geneva.
Jarry, 54 in the world, with two titles behind him, including the one achieved in his hometown, Santiago, this year, the European tennis player, whom he defeated in Seoul last year, on hard courts, in the single it’s been a long time since they met until now.
Jarry won 3-6 7-6 (2) 7-5 after two and a half hours, recording his fifth career win against a player ranked in the world’s top ten.
The tennis player from Santiago is more solid and has taken more risks than last year’s Roland Garros finalist, who has ten titles in his history, including Estoril this 2023.
Nicolás Jarry will face the third seed, the German, in the semifinals Alexander Zverevwhich advanced due to the departure of its rival, the Chinese Yibing Wuinjured, as the Germans won 4-1.
On the other side of the draw, the second seed, the American taylor fritz, it did not fail. He showed his progress on clay with a resounding victory over Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (6-1 and 6-2) and will play with the Bulgarian. Grigor Dimitrovfourth favourite, beating Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-7 (5), 7-5 and 6-4) for the other place in the final.
Source: La Verdad
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