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Christian Garin started the last part of the year at the ATP 500 in Vienna alone in the company of the physiotherapist Cristián Madariaga, after firing his coach Andrés Schneiter. Without a coach and with the uncertainty of how he would react in the Austrian contest against a fierce rival like Stanislas Wawrinka (19 °), the world number 22 played his match. And he did very well, so much so that he achieved a resounding victory by 6-4, 6-7 (9) and 6-3.
Gago looked very loose and served very well. In fact, the Swiss, winner of three different grand slams, could never break him. From the beginning, the national tennis player was aggressive in his game and was encouraged several times to close the points on the net. In addition, he forced the Helvetian to try very angled shots, failing several times. A break in the third game of the first set was enough to direct the set.
The second set was pretty even. Wawrinka, 35, missed less and had shots worthy of his best days. However and beyond that, Garin was able to close the match earlier. However, he let go of a 4-1 lead in the tie break, forcing him to force a third inning.
Despite wasting that great option, Garin was not discouraged, as he did on other occasions, and was much more solid. A quick break in the second game gave him the confidence to stand his ground and close the match in two hours and 13 minutes of play, where he showed a level of hope for the next challenge: nothing more and nothing less than Dominic Thiem, Nicolás Massú’s pupil and current number three on the planet, who defeated the Ukrainian Vitaliy Sachko (529 °), 6-4, 7-5.
