The 24-year-old tennis player won the final against Jesper De Jong from the Netherlands after 1 h 20 min of play on Sunday.
The Chilean tennis player Alejandro Tabilo was crowned in the XVII Challenger of Guayaquil, by beating the Dutch Jesper de Jong in the final 6-1 and 7-5, a result that the winner explained from the “confidence and courage” with which he faced the duel.
With the triumph achieved at the Guayaquil Tennis Club, amid the encouragement of fans who complied with biosecurity standards against COVID-19, Tabilo was awarded 80 points for the ATP (Association of Professional Tennis Players) classification.
The 24-year-old Chilean took advantage of his good services to annoy his rival and score each point until he made the match played on the main court of the tennis stage his own.
“I thank the public who came to support me, especially a little boy who always encouraged me. I’ve worked for this for so long; and to the organization, congratulate it, because it is not easy to organize a tournament in the middle of everything that we are going through at a general level”, Highlighted Tabilo after proclaiming himself the winner of the tournament.
“It was an incredible week, the truth is that I am very happy to have won my first Challenger here, in South America,” he added.
About his recent rival, he said: “We watched him for a long time with my coach, we planned an almost perfect strategy, we had to be very aggressive, close the net a lot. Having started very solid, I think it helped a lot, and more than anything, confidence and being brave ”.
Tabilo’s successful campaign started with a 6-4, 6-2 win over the top seed number one, Spanish Jaume Munar.
Then, in the quarterfinals, he accounted for Darian King, from Barbados, 6-3, 6-1.
Another of the important games of the Chilean tennis player occurred when he eliminated in the semifinals the champion of the Ecuadorian tournament of 2019, Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, by 6-2 and 7-6 (2).
Tabilo joined compatriot Paul Capdeville who won the tournament in 2010, beating Argentine Diego Junquera in the final.
Winners of the Guayaquil tournament have also been the Argentines Sergio Roitman (2006 and 2009), Leonardo Mayer (2012 and 2013) and the Ecuadorian Nicolás Lapentti (2007 and 2009), among others. (D)
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