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Nicholas Jarry He already has a rival for his debut in the tournament ATP 250 Santiagohe Chile Openwhere it appears as the first seed in the clay contest in San Carlos de Apoquindo.
As number one seed, Jaime Fillol’s grandson was libre in the first round and will begin his journey in the round of 16.
For the passage to the round of the eight best, the defending champion and 21st in the world will face off this Wednesday, February 28 – at a time to be defined – with the Argentine Federico Coria (88th in the world ranking).
The native of Rosario beat the Slovenian in his debut Alex Molcan (135º), coming from the qualy, for partials of 6-1 y 7-6 (1).
Jarry has faced the trans-Andean on three occasions on the circuit and just add victories: in the Future Chile 4 (2015), the Santiago Challenger 2 (2017) and the Campinas Challenger, Brazil (2021).
In the preview, Coria pointed out that “I will have to endure the missiles by ‘Nico’. The times I have played with him he beat me to deathbut I was a much weaker player, now I am stronger and more prepared.”
Note that ‘La Torre’ defends a total of 250 pointsafter establishing himself as the best last year in the foothills.
