One of the great surprises of the Davis Cup featured Ignacio Buse from Peru, who despite being ranked 442 in the ATP ranking, defeated the great favorite, the Chilean Nicolas Jarry, number 20 in the world.
Jarry He lost 2-6, 6-2, 3-6 and allowed Peru to tie the series at one that began with the victory of his teammate Alejandro Tabilo, in the central court of the Parque Estadio Nacional in Santiago.
“Accepting days like these is very hard, they are the hardest in a professional’s career. Having played like this, in a Davis Cup series that is always important, playing at home, with a full stadium, it is not easy to swallow,” he said. .
“I couldn’t adapt. I couldn’t be in the present to be able to propose my game in a good way and I have to swallow it, nothing more,” added the 28-year-old player who will play a singles duel against Juan Pablo Varillas.
The series is defined this Sunday and will begin with the doubles duel between the Chilean couple formed by Tabilo and Tomás Barrios against the Peruvian brothers Arklon and Conner Huertas del Pino, in search of the advantage.
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The word of Ignacio Buse
Buse stated that not being a favorite was an advantage for his game strategy against Jarry: “I think Nicolás had all the responsibility to win. I came in to play loose, to return all the serves and our game plan worked out perfectly.”
The resistance that the Peruvian put up and that complicated Jarry caused the Chilean to let his emotions out in the match, after he received a ‘warning’ from the chair umpire, after an involuntary hit by a ball to a passer due to a racket hit. that he gave in the midst of his frustration.
Jarry escalated the incident by arguing with the judge and then with the match referee, which encouraged the public present to put pressure at a moment of disconnection from the game for the local tennis player, but which did not influence the rival.