Báez, ranked 59th in the ATP world ranking, defeated the experienced Gasquet (80) in one hour and 55 minutes of play, and in the next instance he will have as his rival the Spanish Albert Ramos-Vinolas (31), defender of the title.
Ramos Vinolas, whom Báez defeated twice this year in the circuit, beat his compatriot Fernando Verdasco (118) by a double 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
The 21-year-old from Buenos Aires beat Ramos-Vinolas (31) in the first round of the Australian Open and in the semifinals of the Chilean tournament this season.
Báez has been starring in a great week in Estoril with successive wins over the local Joao Sousa (83), Estoril champion in the 2018 edition, and against the Croatian Marin Cilic (23), former world number three and US Open champion in 2014 . This walk in Portugal will mean entering the Top 50 from Monday, the best ranking of his career.
The victory over the Balkan was the one with the greatest impact in Báez’s career, despite the fact that by ranking the one he achieved over Chilean Cristian Garin, who was 18 when he beat him this year at the Córdoba Open, had been more important. Today he eliminated Gasquet in the quarterfinals with another good performance.
The top favorite for the title in Estoril is the Canadian Aliassime (10), while the second was the Argentine Diego Schwartzman (15), but last Tuesday he opted out of the tournament to preserve his physique with a view to the next Madrid Masters 1000 and Rome.
Source: Ambito
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