Sebastián Báez came from defeating the former 3rd in the world, Marin Cilic. Photo: EFE/EPA/TIAGO PETINGA.
Argentine tennis player Sebastian Baez | will face the french today Richard Gasquet for the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 in Estoril, which is part of the European tour on clay with prizes of almost 600 thousand euros.
Baez. ranked 59th in the ATP world rankings, he will play no earlier than 11 am (Argentina time) against Gasquet (80) and if he wins he will advance to the semifinals to face a Spaniard tomorrow: Albert Ramos (31) , defending the title, or Fernando Verdasco (118).
The quarterfinals of the Lusitanian competition will be completed in two matches: Félix Auger Aliassime (Canada, 10) against Sebastián Korda (United States, 37) and Alejandro Davidovich (Spain, 28) against Frances Tiafoe (United States, 29).
The 21-year-old Argentine starred in a great week in Estoril with consecutive wins against local Joao Sousa (83), champion of Estoril in the 2018 edition, and against Croatian Marin Cilic (23), former world number three and US Open champion in 2014.
The victory against the Balkans had the biggest impact on Báez’s career, despite the fact that, by ranking, he achieved against Chilean Cristian Garin, who was 18 when he beat him this year at the Córdoba Open. , has become more important.
The top favorite for the title in Estoril was Canadian Aliassime (10), while the second was Argentine Diego Schwartzman (15), but on Tuesday he opted out of the tournament to keep his physique for the next Madrid Masters 1000 and Rome.
With information from Telam
Source: Clarin
