Thursday's day at the
ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile,
which defined the quarterfinals of the tournament being held in San Carlos de Apoquindo, closed with a
fun moment during the match between locals Alejandro Tabilo and Tomás Barrios Vera .
After losing the first set 6-2 and struggling in the second, Barrios Vera led 5-5, 0-30.
A delicate moment of the meeting.
However, the tension that prevailed on the Jaime Filliol court, the target of criticism in recent days for the state of the court, turned into laughter when
his rival's cell phone rang in the middle of the game.
“It's the alarm I set to go to sleep,”
explained Tabilo, who would end up winning 6-2 and 7-5 in one hour and 34 minutes of play to meet the Italian-Argentine Luciano Darderi in the next instance. , who left Juan Manuel Cerúndolo on the road in three sets.
“It's to hit him,”
Barrio Vera joked after the match.
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This unusual situation is reminiscent of
Gastón Gaudio,
who was involved in a similar situation during the
ATP in Viña del Mar 2005,
also in Chile.
He was facing the Spanish David Sánchez in the second round when his cell phone rang.
The curious thing was the Cat's
particular
ringtone .
"Gastón, telephone. Answer Gastón, telephone,"
was heard, which generated laughter from all those present.
Gaudio, world number 8 at that time, was the current Roland Garros champion and won the fourth title of his career in Viña del Mar and the first after consecration in Paris.
He had beaten Jiri Vanek in his debut, then beat Sánchez and beat Chucho Acasuso and David Ferrer before lifting the trophy after beating Fernando González in the final.
This is how the quarterfinals in Santiago turned out
This Friday, at 2 p.m. in Argentina,
Sebastián Báez,
the only Argentine left in the competition, and
Jaume Munar will open the day.
Seba had to work to beat Juan Pablo Varillas, while the Spaniard easily won the duel of compatriots against Albert Ramos Vinolas.
The winner of Báez-Munar will compete in the semis with the winner of
Pedro Martínez,
who eliminated Facundo Díaz Acosta, and
Arthur Fils.
That match will be played on court 1 at 4:00 p.m.
Not before 6 p.m., on the
central court,
T
abilo and Darderi
will play and then
Nicolás Jarry,
the first seed and public favorite, and the Frenchman
Corentin Moutet will take to the court.
The schedule in Santiago de Chile
Court Jaime Filliol
Sebastián Báez (ARG) vs.
Jaume Munar (ESP) - 14 hours.
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) vs.
Luciano Darderi (ITA) - not before 18.
Nicolás Jarry (CHI) vs.
Corentin Moutet (FRA) - not before 7pm.
Court 1
Pedro Martínez (ESP) vs.
Arthur Fils (FRA) - 16 hours.