By Erwin Quiñonez
May 26, 2024, 7:40 PM EDT
After a fantastic performance at the Master 1,000 in Rome, the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo could not continue his good moment and ended up falling in his debut at Roland Garros, allowing the result to be overcome against the Belgian Zizou Bergs, by a score of 3-6, 7 -6(5), 6-2 and 6-2.
Things got complicated for the Chilean tennis player who was even winning 5-2 in the second set, but things changed and he ended up falling in a duel that lasted up to three hours.
Although he arrived as a favorite due to his great performance in Rome, where he reached the semifinals, Alejandro Tabilo was unable to keep the result in his favor and ended up losing to the Belgian who is ranked 102 in the ATP ranking.
😔 SAY GOODBYE TO PARIS. In his debut at Roland Garros, Alejandro Tabilo had everything to lead a comfortable match, but he collapsed and fell 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 and 6-2 against the Belgian Zizou Bergs in the first round.
➡️ Next tournament: Queen’s Club ATP 500. pic.twitter.com/EfNbymiQbD
— Septimo Game (@Septimo_Game) May 26, 2024
And, in the midst of the great moment he had been experiencing, the Chilean even defeated the legendary and number 1 in the world, Novak Djokovic, until falling in the semifinals against the German Alexander Zverev, who ended up becoming the champion of the Italian Masters 1,000 , after defeating the also Chilean Nicolás Jarry.
Tabilo did not look at all comfortable against a 24-year-old Zizou Bergs, who was playing a Grand Slam match for the third time, and who this season has not dazzled or come close to winning a title in an ATP tournament.
Now, the young Belgian tennis player who bears that name in homage to Zinedine Zidane, which may lead him to gain the support of the French public, will have to face the German Maximilian Marterer, who defeated the Australian Jordan Thompson 6-3, 6- 0 and 6-2.
Chile without fortune
But Tabilo’s was not the only bad news that Chile received in this tournament, and that is that Nicolás Jarry, who had just been runner-up in the Masters 1,000 in Rome, also lost in the first round of Roland Garros against the Frenchman Corentin Moutet by score. from 2-6, 1-6, 6-2 and 0-6.
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