Alejandro Tabilo, with faith in the Davis Cup: “We all play quite well on cement”

Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, 23rd in the world rankings, stated that his country “will not have an easy series” against Belgium in the Davis Cup qualifiers next February.

“It’s sad that we can’t play at home, but we have a team that can do things well. It is not an easy series, because they have several promising players”Tabilo said to Cooperative that collects EFE.

Following the update of the qualification rules for the 2025 Davis Cup Finals, Chile lost the possibility of being seeded and next year they will have to play a playoff for a place in the elite group for the fourth time in six years.

The country’s first racket ruled out that the Belgian team’s choice of surface could be a disadvantage. “We shouldn’t have problems on cement, since it will be the same at the Australian Open,” he explained.

“We all play pretty well on cement fast. “They feel that it would be an advantage, but it could also benefit us, (Nicolás) Jarry and (Cristian) Garín, who plays well on various surfaces, and I grew up on cement,” he added.

Chile and Belgium seek to qualify for a newly created second qualifying stage, which will be played in September 2025 and from which seven teams will emerge for the Final 8 in Italy.

The 27-year-old tennis player also stated that among his goals is “to get into the Top 15 or among the best ten.” “I would like to continue with these results. We finished the year very well. “I can compete with players at that level, but it’s something I also see in the long term.”