Nicholas Jarry he became champion of the ATP of Chile and had his dream Sunday in front of friends, family and fans. In addition, this was just his second title after Bastad in 2019. However, no one had noticed that he broke a very special mark and that he equals the legendary Novak Djokovic.
The first match, La Torre won against Juan Pablo Varillas 2-0, but this was the only one where he swept his opponent without dropping sets. Subsequent duels were all 2-1 victories for the Chilean who could not easily win again. Anyway, aside from R2’s match against Diego Schwartzman, Nicholas Jarry He always started down on the scoreboard and was able to turn history around.
In the quarterfinals (against Yannick Hanfmann), the semifinal (against Jaume Munar) and the final (against Tomás Etcheverry) he always had to row from behind and the push from his people was the necessary condition for the partial defeat not to weigh on the tennis player from Santiago. This is something Djokovic was only able to achieve at Wimbledon 2022 when he could against Jannik Sinner, Cameron Norrie and Nick Kyrgios. after going below in the result.
“It was so good”
Horacio De La Peña analyzed the present of Nicholas Jarry in dialogue with “Emol”, after reaching the semifinal at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and winning the Chile Open. “The tennis he played is comfortable top 30 and he can easily touch the top 20,” analyzed the former captain of Chile in the Davis Cup.
He also stressed that his level “was as good as the final he played in Geneva with Alexander Zverev in 2019, which had two match points.” Now, the tennis player will take a few days to rest, since he got off the Challenger in Santiago and is already preparing for the next tournament that will lie ahead.
