After the feat of having defeated Stéfanos Tsitsipás, the fifth best tennis player in the ATP ranking, and achieving the biggest victory for Colombian tennis in the last 47 yearsas Fabián Valeth, from the discipline federation, pointed out, Daniel Galan He has in front of him the opportunity to make his first performance at the US Open even more memorable.
The best tennis player in the country (no. 94 in the ranking) must show that, just as he took advantage of the instability of the powerful Tsitsipas with his game variants, he can also do so this Wednesday against the Australian Jordan Thompson (no. 102), a much less hard nut to crack than the Greek, but which can pose several challenges.
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Galan’s new rival
At 28 years old, 1 meter and 83 centimeters tall and 82 kilograms in weight, he is the new challenge that Galán has in front of him.
Buoyed by his vigor, Thompson has made a race based on power.
His game is a commitment to firmness from the bottom of the field. Not surprisingly, the two-handed backhand is his main virtue.
With this formula, the Australian entered the ‘top 100’ of the world ranking in 2016 after winning the first four Challenger tournaments, of the eight that appear in his record.
The following year, in the midst of that dawn, he managed the most important victory of his careerwhen he defeated the British Andy Murray, who at that time was the best tennis player in the ranking, in the second round of the London ATP 500, which Thompson had entered from the ‘qualy’.
In 2019, the Australian had the great year of his sports life, as he achieved his best ranking by being No. 43 in the world and reached his first and so far only final of an ATP tournament, that of the 250 in s-Hertogenbosch , who lost to Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in straight sets of battle.
Then, in 2020, he certified his best participation in a grand slam by reaching the fourth round of, precisely, the US Open.
And while his result in the hardcourt open might imply that this is his surface of choice, Thompson has been much more effective on grass. In fact, this year, in which he has been quite irregular, he has achieved 11 wins and 11 losses on hard courts. Very different from the 12 wins and five losses that he accumulated on the grass tour.
In the current tournament, Jordan Thompson is coming back from two sets in his open debut against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (no. 63) after 3 hours and 18 minutes of play.
The good news for Galán is that you know how to play him, Well, he faced him in that Thompson dream 2019. And, overcoming simple logic, he won the Colombian in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 in Houston.
Now, if he beats him in the last big game of the season, Galán will possibly face the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich, current number 39, in the next phase. Another challenge for the intrepid tennis player who wants to continue making history.
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Osorio’s rock
After her comeback against the American Ann Li, Camila Osorio, current No. 70 in the ranking, faces another local today at the US Open, the current No. 29 in the ranking, Alison Riske.
Riske, 32, is a right-handed woman, 1.75 meters tall, whose strengths are athleticism and the aggressiveness of someone who knows how to take advantage of being in front of the net.
Although she has been described as an ‘all-rounder’ player, her greatest successes have come on the hard court, as in eight years she has reached 9 finals on that surface, of which she has won two. She was the former number 18 in the ranking in 2019 and champion of the Fed Cup with the United States in 2017, she comes from defeating the young Eleana Yu 6-2 and 6-4.
ANDRES FELIPE BALAGUERA SARMIENTO
SPORTS EDITOR EL TIEMPO
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