Cristian Garin

[Damian]

ATP Houston QF:

66 Aljaž Bedene 765
67 Christian Garín 765
68 Benoît Paire 763

[Damian]

[DUN I LOVE]

Bardzo obiecująco zaczyna to wyglądać. Kilka godzin temu Tatan osiągnął drug półfinał ATP w ciągu 1,5 miesiąca, a wirtualnie jest już 65.

Jutro faworytem nie będzie, ale wierzę, że jest w stanie zrobić kolejny finał.

[Damian]

[arti]

ATP Houston F:

60 Jaume Munar 870
61 Christian Garín 870
62 Leonardo Mayer 850

[Damian]

[DUN I LOVE]

Jest 1. tytuł w Houston i awans do Top-50!

[Razing]

[DUN I LOVE]

#1) Houston 2019


tennis now

R1 Pablo Cuevas 46 64 62
R2 [2] Jeremy Chardy 36 76(4) 76(7)
QF [Q] Henri Laaksonen 63 62
SF [8] Sam Querrey 76(2) 62
W Casper Ruud 76(4) 46 63

[Damian]

Garin Lifts First ATP Tour Title In Housto

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Chilean defeats Ruud in thrilling final
After 10 years of waiting, Chile has an ATP Tour singles champion. Christian Garin dug deep on Sunday in the final of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston, weathering a barrage of aggressive forehands from #NextGenATP Norwegian Casper Ruud to prevail 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3.

"It was a really intense match today. I think what I did well was to keep playing my game throughout the match," said Garin. "Of course, now I want more, so I have to keep working hard and improving every day."

The 22-year-old is the first Chilean champion since Fernando Gonzalez prevailed in Vina del Mar in 2009. Garin is also the first player from his country to win an ATP Tour clay-court event on American soil since Gonzalez won an all-Chilean final against Nicolas Massu in Orlando in 2000. He improved his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Ruud to 2-0 after previously defeating the Norwegian last month in the Brasil Open semi-finals.


Garin’s run to the Houston title was far from simple. He was pushed to three sets in his opening round against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and saved five match points to defeat second seed Jeremy Chardy of France in the second round.

His maiden ATP Tour title signified the rapid progress he’s made over the past 12 months. Garin was ranked outside of the Top 200 last year, but finished 2018 with a flourish by winning three straight ATP Challenger Tour titles in South America. He then reached his first ATP Tour final last month in Sao Paulo (l. to Pella). Garin will have a new career-high ATP Ranking on Monday and is projected to break into the Top 50.

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Despite the loss, Ruud can be pleased with reaching his first ATP Tour final. He and his father, Christian Ruud, are the only two players from Norway to ever reach a final at this level. Ruud has continued to be solid on the clay this season, reaching the quarter-finals at the Rio Open presented by Claro and semi-finals in Sao Paulo. The latter result enabled him to crack the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings for the first time.

"I felt I played a good match, but he was a bit better in the end and deserved the win," said Ruud. "It's still a good confidence [booster] for myself to show that I can play at this level."

Garin earned 250 ATP Rankings points and $100,600, while Ruud picked up 150 ATP Rankings points and $54,395.

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Both men struggled to hold serve in the early stages of the match and each dropped serve twice in the first eight games. Little separated them through the tie-break until 4/3, when Garin rifled a backhand return winner for the mini-break and went on to grab the early advantage.


Ruud rallied from a set down in his second-round win over fourth seed Reilly Opelka and was up for a fight. Finding the range on his serve and forehand, he applied pressure to Garin and eventually got a backhand error from the Chilean on break point to lead 3-2. The slight lead was all the Norwegian needed and he eventually forced a decider.


The turning point came at 2-2 in the final set, when Ruud was unable to capitalise on three break point chances. Sensing the opportunity, Garin raised his level and broke in the next game by chasing down a drop shot and flicking a forehand winner.

Serving for the title at 5-3, Garin held his nerve and hammered an ace to set up championship point. A heavy forehand on the next point brought the crowd to their feet and Garin to his knees as he wrapped up the contest in two hours and 29 minutes.

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[Damian]

[Damian]

Garin Breaks Into Top 50 For First Time, Mover Of The Week

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ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 15 April 2019

No. 47 (Career High) Cristian Garin, +26
The Chilean broke into the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings with a 26-spot rise by capturing his first ATP Tour title at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston with a 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3 victory over #NextGenATP Casper Ruud. In February, the 22-year-old Garin advanced to his first ATP Tour final at the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo (l. to Pella). Twelve months ago, he was ranked World No. 216 (16 April 2018).

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No. 43 Benoit Paire, +26
Four years after he last lifted a trophy on the ATP Tour, the Frenchman returned to the winners' circle by beating three-time former champion Pablo Andujar 6-2, 6-3 in the Grand Prix Hassan II final in Marrakech. In winning his second ATP Tour title, Paire jumped 26 places to No. 43 in the ATP Rankings — back into the Top 50 for the first time since 2 July 2018. The 29-year-old attained his career-high of No. 18 on 11 January 2016.

No. 68 Casper Ruud, +27
Seven weeks ago, the #NextGenATP Norwegian was at No. 135 in the ATP Rankings, today he is at a career-high No. 68 on the back of his first ATP Tour final run in Houston (l. to Garin). The 20-year-old Ruud is also up to sixth place in the ATP Race To Milan, for a place at the Next Gen ATP Finals in November.

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Other Notable Top 100 Movers
No. 51 Joao Sousa, -8
No. 59 Steve Johnson, -20
No. 65 Taylor Fritz, -7
No. 66 Sam Querrey, +5
No. 73 Bernard Tomic, +6
No. 79 Juan Ignacio Londero, -13
No. 84 Guido Andreozzi, +6
No. 86 Pablo Andujar, -16
No. 95 Jiri Vesely, +6
No. 96 Lorenzo Sonego, +7
No. 97 Ivo Karlovic -20

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[Barty]

[Barty]

15.04.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 47

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First-Time Winner Spotlight: Christian Garin

Spoiler:

Chilean takes maiden title in Houston
On Wednesday, Christian Garin stared down five match points against second seed Jeremy Chardy in their second-round match at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. Four days later, the Chilean lifted his first ATP Tour title in Houston.

Garin was ranked outside the Top 200 of the ATP Rankings just 12 months ago, but will crack the Top 50 for the first time on Monday. He also became the first Chilean in 10 years (Fernando Gonzalez, 2009 Vina Del Mar) to win an ATP Tour singles title. Garin spoke to ATPTour.com after the match to reflect on his maiden moment.

First-Time Winners In 2019

Player
Age Tournament
Alex de Minaur 19 Sydney
Tennys Sandgren 27 Auckland
Juan Ignacio Londero 25 Cordoba
Reilly Opelka
21
New York
Laslo Djere
23
Rio de Janeiro
Radu Albot
29
Delray Beach
Christian Garin
22
Houston
You’re the first ATP Tour singles champion from Chile in 10 years. How does it feel?
It feels amazing. I can’t believe it yet because it’s been a long way for me to get here. I was really upset after losing in the Sao Paulo final, but now I’m in another final less than two months later. I was really nervous, but think I handled it well and am just so happy now.

You saved five match points against Jeremy Chardy in the second round. How much confidence did that give you going into today’s match?
It gave me a lot of confidence. I work hard every day and the hard work is paying off. I love tennis and have a great team behind me that’s helping me every day.

You won the Roland Garros junior title and won an ATP Tour main draw match (in Vina del Mar) in 2013. It would be six years before you’d win another ATP Tour match. How would you describe the journey from then to where you are today?
It was tough because I made many changes, maybe some bad changes. I lost many times and had some problems with ex-coaches. I moved to Spain and maybe it wasn’t a good decision for me. But in the past year, I’m making good things happen and working hard every day, so I’m seeing the results now.

What made you become passionate about tennis and what inspired you to become a pro?
My parents love tennis. Tennis is a very expensive sport, but they always tried to give me the best with it. They always wanted me to play and supported me with it.

How did Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu inspire you?
I have great memories of both of them. I went to Vina del Mar to watch them both play many times and now consider Nicolas to be a friend. He talks to my coach every day and I know he’s really proud of me now.

Did you feel any pressure to live up to what they did?
In the beginning, yes. People like to talk a lot in Chile. They were both in the Top 10 and incredible players, so sometimes the pressure was too much. But I’m enjoying my game and my tennis now, so I’ve forgotten about that and just focus on myself.

All of your ATP Tour wins have come on clay, but you also qualified for Wimbledon and have had Challenger success on hard courts. Once we’re off the clay, do you expect this momentum to continue?
Of course. I love to play on grass and like to play on hard courts. Clay is my favourite surface, but I’m going to try and play more on other surfaces now that I’ll have a higher ATP Ranking.

What else do you hope to accomplish in 2019?
I’m not sure what to think because I didn’t expect to win an ATP Tour title after Sao Paulo. Now that I’ve won, I want to just go back home for a few days and work again. I want to learn how to play on hard courts and play on grass a lot, so I just want to be in as many tournaments as I can.

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[Damian]

Aiming to reach his fourth tour-level quarter-final of 2019, the 26-year-old will face Houston champion Cristian Garin for a place in the last eight. The Chilean fired eight aces and broke serve on four occasions to defeat Yannick Maden of Germany 6-4, 6-2 in 77 minutes. Schwartzman owns a 1-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Garin.

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[Damian]

ATP Monachium R2:

43 Radu Albot 1016
44 Cristian Garin 1013
45 Cameron Norrie 995

[Damian]

The reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion claimed eight of the last nine games against Londero to confirm a quarter-final clash against Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship winner Cristian Garin. The 22-year-old defeated sixth seed Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 7-5 to advance to his third ATP Tour quarter-final of the season after 84 minutes.

Garin converted six of 12 break points to overcome the Argentine and notch his 15th tour-level victory of the season (15-6). The Chilean has already contested two ATP Tour championship matches on clay this season, picking up his maiden tour-level trophy in Houston (d. Ruud) last month after a runner-up finish at the Brasil Open in March (l. to Pella).

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