Thiago Wild reaches his first final in two and a half years in Santiago

The Brazilian eliminated another Argentine favorite

Thiago Wild, No. 400 in the world, is still packed in Santiago de Chile, and this Saturday he took the decision of the challenger event played on clay with a prize pool of US$ 80,000.

The man from Paraná defeated the Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta, 172nd and eighth seeded, for 2 sets to 0 with partials of 7/6 (7/2) 6/3 after 2h05min duration.

This will be their first final since finishing runners-up in September 2020 at the challenger in Aix-en-Provence, France. Since then he had reached two semifinals in São Leopoldo (RS) last November and in the same period in 2021 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The last milestone was on the first day of March 2020 when he won the ATP 250 fair in Santiago, making history as the youngest Brazilian to lift a cup, surpassing Gustavo Kuerten’s feat. Soon after the pandemic started, tennis stopped and Wild had problems off the court when he returned.

Wild, who turned 23 on Friday, is looking for his second title challenger. He raised the pin in 2019 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

In the final his rival comes out of the game between the Bolivian Hugo Dellien, 99th, and the Argentine Gennaro Olivieri, 231st. Cpontra Dellien would be the seventh game, each won three times, Wild has lost the last two. In front of Olivieri the Paranaenses lose the two games made.

the semifinal

Wild did not start the semi-final, taking a break and trailing 3 to 1 despite his rival’s patience and variation. But from that moment his forehands and his short shots started to enter, he moved to 4 to 3 and dominated the tie-break with a lot of power, forcing the opponent to make a mistake.

The Brazilian gained confidence, opened a break and saved break points and followed up. He broke again to serve at 4-1, allowed his opponent to break, but confirmed his next serve and finally broke to define the win.

Source: Terra

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