The top 30 ATP player is now on a shocking seven-match defeat after being the title winner in 2024 and was praised by John Mcenroe

Casper Ruud withdrew from Acapulco with stomach problems, as did Tommy Paul, while Holger Rune retired from his second game match after just three games.

In the Middle East, the stars started at the Dubai Tennis Championships, a tournament that France Ugo Humbert won in 2024.

Seven of the eight top seeds lost before the semi-finals, since the fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas now look to win his first title of 2025.

Another tournament will take place in South America this week because an ATP star continued its bad form in Santiago, Chile,.

Alejandro Tabilo loses the seventh game in a row when he opens his home Chile

The number 28 of the world 28 Alejandro Tabilo came in the Chile Open this week as number two after he lost in the final last year.

He could not return to the final in 2025 when Tabilo lost in a three-set battle, 6-7 against Argentina's Federico Coria. [11-13]6-4, 3-6.

His defeat was his seventh in a row on the ATP tour, a series that dates back to October 2024, at the Paris Masters event.

• 2025 Chile Open 2R – lost to Federico Coria
• 2025 Rio Open 1R lost to Tseng Chun-Hsin
• 2025 Argentina open 2r – lost to Laslo Djere
• 2025 Australian Open 1R – lost to Roberto Carbballes Baena
• 2025 ASB Classic 2R – Lost against Nishesh Basavareddy
• 2025 Brisbane International 1R – lost to Benjamin Bonzi
• 2024 Paris Masters 2R – Lost against Stefanos Tsitsipas
• 2024 Paris Masters 1r – Beat Nuno Borges

In his last press conference after the game, Tabilo opened the problems with which he had been faced with recently.

“It's a difficult moment, I have the feeling that I played much better in this game, more precisely, I lost it due to details in important places,” he said.

“There are several things that have influenced me outside of the tennis on a personal level.

“It was an important thing and I fought it with the people who came very close to me, I tried to go forward.”

The 27-year-old of Chilen insisted that he was confident that he can turn things around.

“I have to continue working, I'm sure I will turn it around and I'm on the right track,” said Tabilo.

He will undoubtedly hope to rediscover the form in which an American tennis legend was impressed in 2024.

John Mcenroe admitted that he was surprised by Alejandro Tabilos 'Game' in 2024

Tabilo enjoyed the best year of his career in 2024 and secured several impressive victories in which he was quickly pushed into the spotlight.

At The Italian Open, the 27-year-old star achieved the best victory of his career when Tabilo Novak Djokovic defeated in straight sets on the way to a Maiden Masters 1000 semi-final.

Tabilo was then selected as a member of the Team World for the Laver Cup when he was the first Chilean player to be released at the event.

He won one of his two games at the 2024 Laver Cup when his team narrowly fell against their European colleagues with 11: 13.

• Day 1-Aljandro Tabilo against Grigor Dimitrov, 6-7, 6-7 lost
• Day 2-Aljandro Tabilo/Ben Shelton Beat Casper Ruud/Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-1, 6-2

During the tournament, Team World captain John Mcenroe gave his thoughts about Tabilo and admitted that he had surprised him.

“Alejandro Tabilo, he is a kind of guy who has come in recent years,” said Mcenroe.

“But he has a game, I didn't know how good this type was.”

Tabilo reached a career high of 19 19. 19. When he won his first two ATP titles in Auckland and Mallorca.

Tabilo may see his two title winners in 2024 as inspiration when he returns to the plot at the Indian Wells tournament, which begins on March 3..