CHAMPION! Sonsonateco Chelo Arévalo made more history: he won the third ATP 250 title of his career

Posted On: February 14, 2022

The national tennis player established himself on the ATP 250 in Dallas, USA. In this way, Marcelo Arévalo continued to elevate the history of white Salvadoran sport by winning with Jean-Julien Rojer

He made it. Have a good week with Holland Jean-Julien Roger, sonsonateco Chelo Arevalo achieve another success. He became the ATP 250 champion in Dallas, USA, this Sunday, taking his third title at this level in his career at doubles.

The first two are achieved in Los Cabos Open, Mexico, next door to Aztec Miguel Reyes-Varela; and in ATP 250 Winston-Salem, in North Carolina, USA, with Matwe Middelkoop from the Netherlands. Also, he holds three runners-up in similar fashion in doubles (Newport, USA 2018 and 2019, with Reyes-Varela; and Santiago de Chile 2020, with Scotland’s Jonny O’Mara).

Marcelo Arévalo and the 2022 tennis season in which he seeks to expand his history

With his partner in Dallas, on Sunday, Arévalo overcame a match of one hour 28 minutes, in which he beat Lloyd Glasspool (England) and Harri Heliovaara (Finland), in straight sets, but not before the tie-break: 7-6(4) and 6-4. With this, the national further sanctifies its record in terms of ATP 250.

In statistics, Arévalo and Royer broke their opponents in the tie-break, on one occasion, in the first set; and in the second set, they held serve again and made that the opponent lost on one occasion (6-4), perfect for winning the game. Overall, Chelo and his “partner” had 81% (22/27) points won on first serve; and 89% (8/9), with the latter. Also, one hundred percent break point is saved (1/1).

However, the rivals were uncomfortable, as they took the lead in extended play in the first set. This shows the high level of competition they have. This is despite the fact that their ranking in the ATP doubles is lower than that of El Salvador and Europe. Heliovaara is listed as world 57 and Glasspool is listed as world 70.

Marcelo Arévalo and Jean-Julien Rojer, during a men’s doubles match at the ATP250 Dallas Open. Photo: Courtesy Dallas Open

While Arévalo, last week, He again hit the best record of his career by reaching the top twenty: it was 28. However, after this new Open title, the coming week will improve and take more steps. His partner Rojar is 37 years old.

As reported by Indes, the number one racket agenda in the country continues. The next stop, with the same pair, is ATP 250 de Delray Beachwhich runs from Monday 14 to 20 February. Furthermore, there were already three more events, two of which were high-level: ATP 500 from Acapulco, Mexico (February 21-26); and Indian Wells Masters 1,000 (March 10-20) and Miami (March 23-April 3). The first four months of high efforts for sonsonateco.

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