Chilean tennis player Nicolás Jarry (N. 143 of the world) gave one of the first surprises of the Wimbledon edition, which began on Monday, by eliminating N.8 from the world, Danish Holger Rune.
Arrived at the main picture of the London Grand Slam on grass from the previous ones, and without losing a single set, Jarry had to sweat to bend to his Danish rival, who traced two sets against in more than three and a half hours of the game, to be imposed 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 and 6-4.
The 29 -year -old Chilean, ancient N.16 of the world, will be measured in second round with the American Learner Tien (62º).
In case of a new triumph, it will match its best performance in Wimbledon, the third round in 2023 (defeat against Carlos Alcaraz).
Another Chilean player, Cristian Garín (110º), also advanced, who played as “Lucky Loser” after the decline of Spanish Pablo Carreño. Garín defeated Luxembourgs Chris Rodesch (163º) 7-6 (10/8), 6-4 and 6-4.
Garín must wait for Tuesday to know the name of his rival in the second round, which will leave the duel between the N.3 of the world, the German Alexander Zverev, and the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (72º), whose game was interrupted on Monday night by the remaining touch that the tournament imposes from the 23h00 local.
Worse luck, the Argentine N.1 Francisco Cerúndo (19th), the best racket in South America, which lost in the first round against Portuguese Nuno Borges (37º) by 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) and 6-0.
The Bolivian Hugo Dellien (79º) also said goodbye to the Czech Jiri Leheckka (25º), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 and 7-6 (7/0).