Santiago
\n Nava surges to Santiago shock against Berrettini<\/p>\n
Chile’s Tabilo, Garin also advance<\/p>\n
February 24, 2026<\/p>\n
Chile Open<\/p>\n
Emilio Nava defeats Matteo Berrettini on Tuesday in Santiago.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Emilio Nava<\/a> outserved former Top 10 star Matteo Berrettini<\/a> to notch a statement upset on Tuesday at the BCI Seguros Chile Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n The No. 79 in the PIF ATP Rankings breezed to a 6-3, 6-4 opening-round victory in Santiago. Nava, who was making his main-draw debut at the clay ATP 250, saved all three break points he faced and won 84 per cent (32\/38) of first-serve points against Berrettini, according to Infosys ATP Stats. <\/p>\n Super Emilio \ud83e\uddb8\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n Nava clinches a huge win, taking down Berrettini 6-3, 6-4 in Santiago \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf1@chile_open<\/a> | #ChileOpen<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QRnjsfTXu5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cA super tough opponent in Berrettini, with a big serve,\u201d reflected Nava after his 87-minute victory. \u201cEspecially with the altitude, it was going to be an uphill battle, but mentally I was ready to do it and I was playing great. I was being positive and just competing.\u201d <\/p>\n Nava\u2019s win against World No. 57 Berrettini was his biggest by PIF ATP Ranking since he downed Zizou Bergs<\/a> in Toronto last July. The 24-year-old American has now won 10 of his past 13 matches on Chilean soil after reaching the Santiago Challenger semi-finals last year before winning the Concepcion Challenger. Nava will play Francesco Passaro<\/a> or Adolfo Daniel Vallejo<\/a> in the second round. <\/p>\n Elmer Moller<\/a> also enjoyed a significant first-round triumph on Tuesday in the Chilean capital. The Dane downed Roman Andres Burruchaga<\/a> 7-6(4), 0-6, 6-4 for his maiden ATP Tour main-draw win. Moller has risen 10 spots to No. 117 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings after his victory and will take on top seed Francisco Cerundolo<\/a> for a quarter-final spot. <\/p>\n Vilius Gaubas<\/a> and Mariano Navone<\/a> were the other players to advance early on Day 2 in Santiago. Lithuania\u2019s Gaubas sank home favourite Matias Soto<\/a> 6-2, 6-3 to book a second-round meeting with Dino Prizmic<\/a>. Meanwhile Navone advanced after Rio semi-finalist Vit Kopriva<\/a> retired from the pair\u2019s first-round match with Navone leading 3-6, 6-0, 3-1.<\/p>\n In evening action, eighth seed Alejandro Tabilo was a 7-5, 6-3 winner in an all-Chilean matchup against Tomas Barrios Vera, while home favourite Cristian Garin battled back for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Juan Manuel Cerundolo.<\/p>\n Tabilo and Garin are the only two players to compete at all seven editions of the ATP 250 event in their home nation, with Garin winning the title in 2021. While Tabilo earned his ninth victory of the season on Tuesday \u2014 on the heels of his run to the biggest final of his career in Rio de Janeiro last week \u2014 Garin celebrated his first tour-level win since last September in Davis Cup play.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n