ROME.- The Chilean tennis player Nicolás Jarrynumber 53 of the world and finalist of the Masters 1000 from Rome Last year, he advanced on Thursday to the second round of this edition after beating 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 to French Hugo Gaston (n.78).
Jarry, 29, managed to reach the final in the Italic forum last year, his first in a 1000 Masters, who lost against the German Alexander Zverev (n.2).
At his entrance to Liza, he needed almost two hours (1 hour and 48 minutes) to bend Gaston, who in the first manga saved up to three set balls, before claudicating.
In the second manga, Jarry managed to break the service of French in the fifth game (3-2) and used that advantage to seal the victory and advance to Second Ronda, where Argentine Francisco Cerú will be measured (n.21).
Thursday was only Jarry’s fifth victory in 2025. Reach the final last year propelled the Chilean to the N.16 of the ATP ranking, but since then it has fallen into chopped and could play background this week, because it defends 650 of the 1,010 points with which it currently has in the classification.
The Spanish Roberto Bautista (n.56) also advanced from Ronda, which eliminated 6-4, 6-3 to the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (n.37). Bautista will be measured in the next round to the American Tommy Paul (n.12).
Swiatek enters forcefully
The Polish tennis player IgA Swiatek, number 2 in the world and current champion of the WTA 1000 Rome tournament, only needed 52 minutes to defeat the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (n.82) this Thursday, during his entry in Liza of this edition.
Swiatek dominated 6-1, 6-0 and will be measured in third round to the American Danielle Collins (n.35) or the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse (n.88).
“I can only be happy, everything has gone a little as if the ball listened to me today, to that point I had control of this game,” he explained.
Swiatek came from fitting a blunt defeat in the semifinals of the Madrid tournament against the American Coco Gauff (6-1, 6-1).
