The Chilean Nicholas Jarry surrendered this Monday in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in China, in Beijing, against the German Alexander Zvereveighth seeded and will play in their third semifinals in the tournament, 6-1, 6-7(5) and 6-3 in 2 hours and 18 minutes.
The match began with the Chilean giant, who measures 1.98 meters, failed in one of his main tricks, a serve that did not work for him, something that Zverev took advantage of in his first two returns, who also wanted to clarify it in the face of his rival gifts that the volleys did not rally.
It was not until the sixth game that the player born in Santiago de Chile, the second South American racket in the world ranking (n.23), was able to open his scoreboard with a resounding 40-0, but he received the same response from the German, where He took the first set.
The second act began with Jarry recovering his serve to the delight of his compatriots, who made their support known on the center court of the Diamond Arena, but were undaunted by a Zverev who almost copied his opponent’s statistics until the ‘tie. break’.
In sudden death, the Hamburg native gained a slight initial advantage, but Jarry He was aggressive going up to the net, with 75% success in this section throughout the set, to force overtime and keep his aspirations alive.
But the Santiago native once again reduced his capacity on serve, something that was not missed by a Zverev eager to reach the penultimate round in Beijing for the third time, who was broken in the sixth game of the final set.
Despite battling a consistently successful attack at the net and 40-0 in the eighth game, Jarry had to bow to a German who made good use of his advantage to advance to the next round and defeat the Chilean in the second opportunity in 2023.
Zverev will face Russia in the semifinals of the ATP 500 tournament held in the capital of the Asian giant.or Daniel Medvedevsecond seed, who defeated Frenchman Ugo Humbert (n.36) this Monday 4-6, 6-3 and 1-6 in two hours and four minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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