After what felt like an eternity on the sidelines, Alejandro Tabilo has made a comeback for the ages. The Chilean tennis player, who had been battling through the frustrations of a long injury layoff, pulled off an incredible upset win over Lorenzo Musetti saving two championship points on Tuesday at the Chengdu Open, to win 6-3 2-6, 7-6(5), securing his third ATP Tour title and his first for the season.

The qualifier saved two championship points while serving at 5-6 in the final set and then rallied from a 1/4 deficit in the deciding-set tie-break to become the second-lowest-ranked ATP Tour champion this year.

After losing his first six matches of the year and missing two months during the European clay swing due to a wrist injury, Tabilo arrived in Chengdu with a 5-13 season record, a

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