Sebastián Báez dedicated himself to the Estoril Open, where he won his first ATP tournament. Photo: EFE/EPA/TIAGO PETINGA.
Argentine Sebastián Báez will face German Alexander Zverev for the second round of the Masters 1000 in Rome. This is the first time they have officially met in an ATP tournament.
The Buenos Aires tennis player reached this opportunity after beating Dutch Tallon Griekspoor in three sets (6-3, 6-7 (7) and 6-2).
The victory against Griekspoor
Báez was stuck in the long second set, lasting more than an hour, after the first round he controlled from start to finish, to resolve the final stake with a convincing 6-2 in which he three times broke the Dutchman’s service. , number 67 in the world, who came in to put the 2-0 in favor of him on the scoreboard.
The Argentine, number 37, reacted in time to recover from the ‘break’ he received in the third set and signed six consecutive games to prove his passing in the second round, where he will face the second -seeded Italian tournament and finalist in the Madrid Open.
Source: Clarin
