Thiago Tirante, ranked 121st in the world tennis rankings, defeated Russian Andrey Rublev (8th), top favorite and defending champion, 7-6 (5), 3-6 and 6-4 in 2h 24m.
After the crash that had taken place Francisco Comesaña in Wimbledontoday another Argentine shook the world of tennis at the ATP 250 of Enough against the same rival. It is the platense Thiago Tirantewho in his first confrontation with a top ten player won against the Russian Andrey Rublevworld No. 8, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
“I knew Andrey won last year and that it was my first match against a Top 10 player, so I was a little nervous at the beginning, but I think I played a great match,” said Thiago Tirante, ranked 121st in the ATP rankings, after beating him 7-6 (5), 3-6 and 6-4 in 2h 24m, during an interview on the court.
He added: “It’s my first match with so many people in the stands, but that has been so special as well. I’m now playing my first ATP Tour quarter-final. I’m so happy to be playing my best tennis here. I’ve never had such a good week before. This is the best week of my life. I think I’ll remember Sweden forever.”
Tirante dreams of Bastad
The size of the victory of Thiago Tirante This is also measured by the fact that before 2024 he had only two successes at the ATP Tour level. This year he has already accumulated four, a sign of his progress: in March he entered the top 100 of the rankings and in April he won the Challenger 125 in Mexico.
Now, in the quarter-finals, he will face another rival who is much more exalted than him, but also much weaker than him. Andrey Rublev: the Spanish Roberto Carballes Baena (54th), who defeated the Kazakh Denis Yevseyev (160th) by 2-6, 6-3 and 6-2. In another key of the table there was another resounding result: he lost Casper Ruud (9th). The Norwegian, second seed and finalist in 2023, fell to another Latin American, the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (85th), by 6-3 and 6-3.
Source: Ambito
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