The semifinals of the ATP 250 in Córdoba will be played this afternoon, in a tournament who had a very good representation of Argentineswith Sebastian Baez, Federico Coria and Facundo Bagnis still in race.
The first semi-final will be played at 6:00 p.m. and will feature Bagnis (207th) and Coria (93rd).
Bagnis, coming from qualifying, has been having a dream week, reaching the semifinals of an ATP tournament after a long time. On his way to this instance, he eliminated Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (champion in 2021) and the Spaniards Roberto Carballés Baena and Jaume Munar from the main draw.
In their last match there was a quite tense situation, since at the match point for Bagnis they called out a ball to Munar, who made a scene in front of the public: he took his cell phone and took a photo of the mark marked on the field .
This good participation in Córdoba will allow Bagnis to climb 55 positions in the ranking (from 207 to 152), with the possibility of continuing to rise.
His rival will be Federico Coria, finalist of the 2023 edition, who has just given one of the great hits of the tournament by eliminating Tomás Etcheverry in straight sets, one of the greatest promises of Argentine tennis who has already reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros already third round of the Australian Open.
In the other semifinal, Sebastián Báez (26th) and the Italian Luciano Darderi (136th) will face each other.
Báez, defending ATP champion from Córdoba, won three tournaments last year, started 2024 with very good results and seriously aims to enter the top 20.
On his way to the semis, he beat the Bolivian Hugo Dellien and the local Facundo Díaz Acosta.
Darderi, for his part, surpassed the qualification and in the main draw he beat the Chilean Tomás Barrios Vera and the Germans Sebastian Ofner and Yannick Hanfmann.
The second semi-final is scheduled for no earlier than 7:20 p.m.
Source: Ambito
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