ATP Santiago: Family Business! - Nicolas Jarry triumphs at home
Nicolas Jarry wins his second career title at the ATP World Tour 250 tournament in his hometown of Santiago de Chile - his aunt Catalina Fillol is also tournament director.
by Stefan Bergmann
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Mar 06, 2023, 09:08 am
It tastes best at home. And title triumphs at home are probably some of the sweetest victories you can achieve. Accordingly, Nicolas Jarry's emotional world will be positively agitated, as the 27-year-old was able to claim the title at the ATP World Tour 250 event in Santiago de Chile. Jarry defeated Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry in a thrilling 2:47 hour bout to earn his second tournament win of his career after winning the 2019 clay court event in Bastad.
And it wasn't just a piece of hard work on the final Sunday, because the Chilean had to go the full distance in every game since the round of 16. On the lengthy road to the trophy, Jarry defeated Diego Schwartzmann, Yannick Hanfmann and Jaume Munar in sometimes extremely intense three-set games. The jubilation of the already rather fervent South American fans was correspondingly large - Jarry was celebrated with "Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole! Nico! Nico" chants.
84 world ranking places forward
"It's really unbelievable. I can't believe I'm the champion at this historic tournament for my family," said the now world number 52. still in the on-court interview after his big final victory. Jarry was alluding to the fact that his aunt, Catalina Fillol, is the tournament director at the clay court tournament in the Chilean capital. His grandfather Jaime Fillol Sr. was also a successful tennis player whose career had taken him to number 14 on the ATP charts.
Jarry had the South American clay court swing as world number 136. tackled. With the participation in the semi-finals of the 500 tournament in Rio de Janeiro and winning the title in his home country, the former world number 38 catapulted himself. up an incredible 84 places in the ATP charts.