Although the Argentine played intensely in the first set, he ended up succumbing in the tie-break by a tight 8-6, despite the fact that in the development of the definition the German had gone 6-2 and Baez he even matched it.
In the second round the power and the best game of Zverev They were a lot for a Báez who felt out of rhythm to be able to face the power of his rival, who won the game with a final 6-3.
With this loss, Baez he cut his streak of eight consecutive victories, given that the Buenos Aires native had not lost since losing to the Italian Lorenzo Musetti at the Barcelona Open.
Thereafter Baez He put together a great winning streak to win the Estoril Open de Portugal, after beating the French American Tiafoe in the final.
Then the “Little” Schwartzmann fought against the american Mark Gironnumber 60 in the world, but lost 1-6 and 6-7 (4)in a production far from what it can offer.
Schwartzmann (15) came from eliminating the Serbian Myomir Kecmanovic in the previous phase, and in 2020 he had reached the final, which he ended up losing with Novak Djokovic.
The Italian contest no longer has Argentines in its main draw, after the eliminations of Federico Delbonis and Francisco Cerúndolo in the first round and Federico Coriain the qualy.
The Rome Open is the last big tournament before the start of Roland Garros, on May 22, and in between there are two ATP 250: Geneva and Lyon.
The only Argentines who managed to lift the Roman trophy were Guillermo Vilas -in 1980 against Frenchman Yannik Noah-, José Luis Clerc, in 1981 against Paraguayan Víctor Pecci, and Alberto Mancini, in 1989 against American Andre Agassi.
Other Argentines who once reached a final apart from Schwartzman were Vilas (twice), Martín Jaite, Guillermo Pérez Roldán, Mancini, David Nalbandian, Guillermo Coria and “Peque” Schwartzman.
Source: Ambito
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