Schwartzman stunned as qualifier Tabilo reaches first final; Zverev eases into final in Montpellier

Schwartzman,
the
world
number
14,
had
been
hoping
to
win
a
title
on
home
soil
in
Argentina
for
the
second
time
in
his
career.

But
his
Chilean
opponent
continued
his
remarkable
run
with
a
6-3
7-6
(8-6)
upset,
the
world
number
144
now
having
won
12
successive
sets
at
the
tournament
stretching
back
to
qualifying.

Tabilo
only
won
his
first
title
on
the
Challenger
Tour
in
November
but
has
carried
that
momentum
through
into
2022.

“I’ve
been
playing
my
best
tennis
for
a
few
months
now
and
I
finished
the
year
strong,”
said
Tabilo.

“I
think
I
just
needed
one
of
these
weeks
to
kind
of
click
and
get
going.
Hopefully
this
is
the
start
of
something
good,
and
hopefully
I
can
keep
this
level.”

Tabilo
will
face
Albert
Ramos-Vinolas
in
the
final
after
the
Spaniard
beat
another
home
hope
in
Juan
Ignacio
Londero.

Ramos-Vinolas
prevailed
7-6
(7-4)
6-4,
surpassing
his
own
expectations
after
a
first-round
exit
at
the
Australian
Open.

“When
I
came
here
after
Australia,
I
didn’t
expect
to
be
in
the
final,
to
be
honest,”
he
said.

“I
was
not
playing
my
best.
The
pre-season
[I
worked]
very
hard
but
the
feeling
was
not
very
good.

“Now
I’m
in
the
final.
The
only
thing
I
can
do
is
try
to
fight
as
much
as
I
can.”

Zverev
eases
past
Ymer
to
set
up
Bublik
final
in
Montpellier

Alexander
Zverev
will
face
Alexander
Bublik
in
the
Open
Sud
de
France
final
after
easing
to
victory
over
Mikael
Ymer
on
Saturday
(February
5).

The
top
seed
is
seeking
a
20th
tour-level
title
and
has
yet
to
drop
a
set
in
his
three
matches
in
Montpellier
after
beating
Bublik
6-1
6-3.

Ymer
eliminated
Gael
Monfils
and
Richard
Gasquet
en
route
to
the
semi-finals,
but
the
world
number
83
struggled
against
Zverev
in
his
third
straight
loss
to
the
German.

Zverev
was
triumphant
in
his
last
appearance
in
this
tournament
five
years
ago
and
is
the
strong
favourite
heading
into
Sunday’s
final
with
Bublik.

“I
am
in
the
final
and
I
am
happy
about
that,”
Zverev
said
in
his
on-court
interview.
“I
played
a
pretty
good
match.
I
think
I
played
one
bad
game
in
the
whole
match.

“Overall
I
am
happy
to
be
in
another
final,
playing
against
Alex
who
I
have
known
since
I
was
12
years
old,
so
hopefully
it
will
be
a
fun
match.”

Bublik
also
claimed
a
routine
win
in
his
semi-final
against
Filip
Krajinovic,
the
sixth
seed
prevailing
6-4
6-2
in
a
little
over
an
hour.

The
24-year-old
is
through
to
his
fifth
ATP
Tour
final,
having
most
recently
gone
all
the
way
at
the
Singapore
Open
last
February,
where
he
lost
to
Alexei
Popyrin.

It’s
Alex
versus
Alex
for
the

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—
ATP
Tour
(@atptour)

February
5,
2022