{"id":290896,"date":"2023-10-12T15:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290896"},"modified":"2023-10-12T15:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:23:52","slug":"sports-most-adorable-pitch-invader-joins-his-dad-on-the-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/sports-most-adorable-pitch-invader-joins-his-dad-on-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport&apos;s most adorable pitch invader joins his dad on the court"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sport&#8217;s most adorable pitch invader! The sweet moment a tennis player&#8217;s 18-month-old son escapes and toddles on to court to find his dad<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nicolas Jarry beat\u00a0Diego Schwartzman at the Shanghai Masters\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His young son Juan joined him on the court after the match<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Chilean set his 18-month-old son on his courtside seat\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nicolas Jarry&#8217;s celebrated his fourth-round win at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday with a pitch invader &#8211; his young son Juan.<\/p>\n<p>The Chilean beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to\u00a0book a quarter-final meeting with world No 19 Grigor Dimitrov, who knocked the top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>Jarry&#8217;s wife, Laura, and their sons, 18-month old Juan and newborn Santiago, were in attendance in Shanghai to cheer him on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And as the world No 22 took a breather after winning the match and signed the camera lens, Juan trotted onto the court to join him.<\/p>\n<p>Jarry picked up his son and gave him a hug, before sitting him on his courtside seat, with Juan clearly enjoying the experience and looking unfazed by the new surroundings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/12\/12\/76471745-12623031-image-a-11_1697110504622.jpg\" height=\"516\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Jarry was joined on the court by his 18-month old son Juan on Tuesday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/12\/12\/76471747-12623031-image-a-12_1697110514844.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Juan ran onto the court after Jarry beat\u00a0Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to book a quarter-final berth in the Shanghai Masters\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/12\/12\/76471769-12623031-image-a-15_1697110624537.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jarry&#8217;s wife, Laura, and their sons Juan and newborn Santiago, were in attendance in Shanghai<\/p>\n<p>The adorable exchange was captured by the cameras, with the commentators noting Santiago may be\u00a0following in his father&#8217;s footsteps one day.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday was a special day for Jarry, who turned 28 and reached the quarter-final of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>The Chilean received a birthday cake and was serenaded with a rousing rendition of &#8216;Happy Birthday&#8217; by tournament staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think this is my third or fourth birthday here in Shanghai,&#8217; Jarry told reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Usually I&#8217;m alone, very far from Chile, and the time zone are opposite, so usually I don&#8217;t have anyone to call, just in the morning or in the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So to be able to be with them is very special.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old also credited his family with inspiring to take his game to a new level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Since I was able to start a family, I&#8217;ve been able to shift the perspective a little bit bigger, greater, more sense of what&#8217;s really important,&#8217; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m trying to be able to get strong with what it is to have a family, to have more motivation on court, or have a bigger goal than just winning the matches.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/12\/12\/76471761-12623031-image-a-16_1697110663970.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The world No 22 will play\u00a0world No 19 Grigor Dimitrov, who knocked the top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 5-7, 6-2, 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Jarry compiled a decisive 44-17 edge in winners, but admitted he felt the match was slipping away from him after\u00a0Schwartzman took the second set.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m very happy to be able to come back after that second set,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was struggling a little bit. I tried to push myself. It&#8217;s very tough to play against Diego because of [our] history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mentally he is so strong, a great competitor and he makes every ball. You have to work a lot and I&#8217;m very happy to overcome it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12623031\/Sports-adorable-pitch-invader-sweet-moment-tennis-players-18-month-old-son-escapes-toddles-court-dad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sport&#8217;s most adorable pitch invader! 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