Tabilo and another unusual moment at the ATP 250 in Santiago: his cell phone rang and he had to run to silence it in the middle of the match

Thursday at ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile, which defined the quarter-finals of the tournament played in San Carlos de Apoquindo, which ended with a funny moment during the match between locals Alejandro Tabilo and Tomás Barrios Vera.

After losing the first set 6-2 and struggling in the second, Barrios Vera was ahead 5-5, 0-30. A delicate moment of the meeting. However, the tension that reigned in Jaime Filliol’s court, the subject of criticism in recent days for the state of the court, turned into laughter when His rival’s cell phone rang in the middle of the match.

“It’s the alarm I set for bedtime,” explained Tabilo, who in the end won the victory by 6-2 and 7-5 in an hour and 34 minutes of play before meeting the Italian-Argentine Luciano Darderi, who left out Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in three sets.

“It’s to hit him” Barrio Vera joked after the match.

This unusual situation reminds Gastone Gaudio, who was involved in a similar situation during the ATP of Viña del Mar 2005, also in Chile. He was facing Spaniard David Sánchez in the second round when his cell phone rang. The curious thing was the detail ringtone of the cat. “Gaston, telephone. Answer Gastón, telephone,” could be heard, which caused laughter from everyone present.

Gaudio, world number 8 at the time, was the current Roland Garros champion and won the fourth title of his career in Viña del Mar and the first after his consecration in Paris. He beat Jiri Vanek on his debut, then beat Sánchez and beat Chucho Acasuso and David Ferrer before lifting the trophy after beating Fernando González in the final.

Here’s how the quarterfinals in Santiago went

This Friday, at 2pm in Argentina, they will open the day Sebastian Baez, the only Argentinian left in the competition, and Jaume Munar. Seba had to work hard to beat Juan Pablo Varillas, while the Spaniard easily won his compatriots’ duel against Albert Ramos Vinolas.

The winner of Báez-Munar will compete in the semifinals with the winner of Pedro Martinez, who eliminated Facundo Díaz Acosta, and Arthur Phils. The match will be played on court 1 at 4pm.

Not before 6pm, in central court, they will play TAbilo and Darderi and then they will take the field Nicola Jarry, the first seed and the favorite of the public, and of the French Corentin Moutet.

The program in Santiago de Chile

Court Jaime Filliol

• Sebastián Báez (ARG) vs. Jaume Munar (ESP) – 14 hours.
• Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) vs. Luciano Darderi (ITA) – not before 6pm.
• Nicolas Jarry (CHI) vs. Corentin Moutet (FRA) – not before 7pm.

Court 1

• Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs. Arthur Fils (FRA) – 16 hours.