translated from Spanish: Cristian Garin was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Bastad tournament

Chilean tennis player Cristian Garin (18th in the ATP) was eliminated on Friday in the quarter-finals of the ATP in Bastad, Sweden, a tournament that is played on brick dust. The first national racquet bowed in a disputed match to the maximum of sets against the Argentine Facundo Coria (77°), with partials of 4-6, 6-4 and 2-6 in two hours and 33 minutes of play. In an initial set pair, with both players showing a solid background game, the Rosario native made a difference thanks to a solitary break of serve in the third game. The start of the second chapter had the ‘Tank’ asking for medical attention with discomfort. Four breaks, two for each side, marked the beginning of the set, being tied 2-2.The key moment was lived in the sixth game with a break for the Chilean, second seed of the draw, which allowed him to be up by 4-2 and thanks to that advantage he later managed to close the sleeve and match the actions. In the moment of truth, Coria was more physically whole and presented greater mental strength in the key moments. With breaks in the fifth and seventh games, the Argentine comfortably closed the quarter and the match on Scandinavian soil. In this way, the Rosarino claimed revenge for the two previous defeats he presented to Garin: in the Challenger of Buenos Aires 2017 and last year in the ATP of Rio, both on clay.

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