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"The grbad is for cows". This phrase made famous by Marcelo Ríos in the 90's shows how difficult and uncomfortable it is for the South Americans, and especially for the Chileans, to play in the Wimbledon tournament. If the main draw is already complex, the qualy does not stop being, as it is the only one of the four Grand Slam titles where the last qualifying round is played in five sets.
Therefore, the advance of Christian Garín (169 ° ATP ranking) on the main draw, after crashing the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (123 °) on 6-2, 6-2 and 7-5 on Thursday, has a lot of merit.
In fact, the "Tank" he became the only Creole player of the open era to overcome the grueling preliminary phase for two consecutive years. Before, Álvaro Fillol (brother of Jaime) and Ricardo Acuña have progressed twice each, but in different seasons (Fillol in 1978 and 1981 – in 1979 he was lucky loser -, and Acuña in 1985 and 1988).
Garín made his He was premiered at Tennis Cathedral last year, when he defeated Australian John-Patrick Smith 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 4-6 and 12-10 in a dramatic final of the qualification.
With the recent feat, in addition, he maintained his unbeaten record in the London Grand Slam, adding his sixth win in the same number of games.
Finally, as if that were not enough, he reached the Wimbledon standings with no adaptation to the grbad surface, because until last Friday was playing in Blois Challenger clay , in France, where he fell in the quarterfinals against Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker.
THESE CHILIANS WHO EXCEED THE HARD QUALITY OF WIMBLEDON IN THE OPEN ERA:
-Christian Garín (2017, 2018)
-Nic olás Jarry (2017)
-Adrian García (2005)
-Ricardo Acuña (1985, 1988)
-Alvaro Fillol (1978, 1981)
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