Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan, Guillermo Hormazabal enter final qualifier – Santiago Challenger 2012
Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan beats Juan Ignacio Londero 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
World number 312, Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan, survived a scare in the second set to beat world number 635, Juan Ignacio Londero, in three sets 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in the second round of the qualifying draw at the Copa Cachantun Challenger
in Santiago, Chile on Sunday.
The second seed needed two hours and two minutes to claim the match.
Saavedra-Corvalan came roaring into the match, grabbing three consecutive games to go up 3-0. The Chilean kept his lead until the end and served out the set at 5-3. Londero served poorly, as he committed four double faults. The
Argentinean managed to claim just a single second return point in the opener.
Londero was looking to lose the match quickly. He trailed 0-2 at the start of the second set. However, the Argentinean completely turned around the proceedings after that, grabbing six games in a row to seal it 6-2. The 18-year-old
reduced his double faults to only one in the second set.
However, the Argentinean began to falter on the serve again in the decider. Londero was broken once and that was enough for him to drop the set 4-6. The right-hander committed four double faults and was unable to save one of the
two break points he faced.
Saavedra-Corvalan will meet Guillermo Hormazabal in the final qualifier.
Guillermo Hormazabal defeats Federico Gaio 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-1
Seventh seed, Guillermo Hormazabal of Chile, battled past world number 374 Federico Gaio in three sets 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-1 to advance to the final qualifier.
Hormazabal and Gaio exchanged a break of serve in the first set, squaring off the score at 6-6 and taking it to a tie-breaker. The Italian, Gaio, dominated in the dying moments to clinch it 7-5. The 20-year-old won 18 of the 24
first serve points in the opener.
In a similar fashion to the first set, both players broke each other once in the second and forced a tie-breaker. Hormazabal was almost flawless, as he dropped only a single point and closed it 7-1. The Chilean bombarded three
aces and capitalised on one of the four break opportunities he created in the second set.
It was an all-Hormazabal show in the decider, as he allowed the Italian to bag only one game in the entire set, breaking him twice to capture it 6-1. The Chilean pocketed an amazing 11 of the 12 first serve points. It took Hormazabal
two hours and seven minutes to beat Gaio in a close match.
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