Nicolás Jarry achieved the second victory of his career in the main draw of the Paris Masters 1,000 by defeating the Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7-6 (4) and 6-3, and reached the second round, where He will face Carlos Alcaraz this Tuesday (7 pm).
It took the Chilean one hour and 41 minutes to beat the transalpine for the second time in his career, securing his place in the main stage of the course’s final Masters 1,000 from the qualifying phase.
The Chilean, who lost two of the three previous matches against Sonego, although he managed to win the last one, in Shanghai last year, will be making his second appearance in Paris. Last year he only won one game.
The South American, 37th in the ATP ranking, with three titles in his history, all on land, Bastad, Santiago and Ginebra, finalist this 2024 in the Masters 1,000 in Rome, his great success, and in Buenos Aires, They will face Alcaraz, exempt from the first section of the tournament.
Spanish, second favourite, looking for a rematch of the face to face that both had this year in Buenos Aires, on clay, and the Chilean won 7-6 (2) and 6-3. In the semi-finals. The other two duels between the two, in Rio de Janeiro and at Wimbledon in 2023, ended on the Murcian side.
This season’s winner of Wimbledon and Roland Garros, 21 years old, already has 16 trophies under his belt, is playing for the fourth time in Paris. The 2022 quarterfinals are, by far, their best paper.
Source: La Verdad
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