The Chilean tennis player Tomás Barrios added his second victory in singles and reached the quarterfinals of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, making it clear that he is looking for the gold medal after beating the Jamaican Blaise Bicknel, in a tough match that was defined in three sets, even though he could have closed it earlier.
The “Gigante de Ñuble” reached the stage of the eight best after beating the native of Central America by sets of 6-3, 6-7 and 6-2, who fought hard every point to try to break the favoritism of the second national racket.
In the first set he had no problems breaking his opponent’s serve on two occasions and thus winning the first set, then in the second set, Barrios let the match go at a key moment when he had two match points to close the match, without However, the Jamaican surprised everyone and ended up taking the match to a tie break where he won.
Finally, in the last set, Barrios came out with all his experience to quickly close the match and thus win the final victory against Bicknel.
Now in the quarterfinals, the Chilanejo will face the player from the Dominican Republic, Nick Hardt, who is 315th in the world, while Barrios is ranked 105th.
If he gets among the four finalists, he will face the winner of the key between the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro and the Argentine Facundo Bagnis. These two rivals are also serious candidates to seek the gold medal, so they will be first-class rivals for Tomás Barrios. .
At the end of this day, Tomás Barrios returned to the court with Alejandro Tabilo to compete for his place in the semifinals in the men’s doubles against the Colombians Nicolás Mejías and Nicolás Barrientos.
