Tabilo prepares to defend his title at the ATP 250 in Auckland

They say that you always return to the places where you were happy.even more so if he must revalidate important points in the ranking like the Chilean tennis player Alejandro Tabilo (23°), which is registered in the entry list of the Auckland ATP 250 along with three Argentines.

Owner of a dream week on the New Zealand cement, where he crossed the qualybeat the Japanese Taro Daniel (84th) in the final and debuted his record on the circuit, the talented left-hander will start as second seed in the 56th uninterrupted edition of the event, only surpassed by the American Ben Shelton (21st), in search of becoming the third to revalidate the trophyafter the local Onny Parun (1975-76) and the Spanish David Ferrer (2011-12-13).

It is worth remembering that the one born in Toronto, Canada, who recently concluded the best season of his career By reaching the definition in Santiago, surprising Serbian Novak Djokovic (7th) and getting into the semifinals of the Rome Masters 1000, expanding his showcase by winning in Mallorca and qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he extended the tradition of the South American country in the oceanic competitionemulating Marcelo Ríos and Fernando González, crowned in 1998 and 2005, respectively.

However, Horacio Matta’s pupil will have to practice a high level of play from next January 6th to 12thin the run-up to the Australian Open, a period in which he will compete inch by inch against rivals such as Sebastian Baez (27°), Francisco Cerúndolo (30°), Mariano Navone (47°), Jakub Mensik (48°) and Gael Monfils (55°), among others.