The Argentine tennis player Sebastián Báez (31 ° of the ATP ranking) imposed itself to its compatriot Francisco Comesaña (67 °) 6-3, 5-7 and 7-6 (5) in a real game that lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes of play to advance to the quarterfinals of the final of the ATP 250 of Santiago de Chile.
After consecrating champion of the Open 2025 River on February 23 after beating the Frenchman Alexandre Müller by 6-2 and 6-3, the one born in San Martín dreams of lifting the ATP 250 trophy of Santiago, which he already won last year.
After keeping the first set 6-3, Báez jumped to the second part determined to close the victory and managed to get 3-0 up to start sentence the game, but for a series of errors and merits of his opponent, the “shark” showed his best level to take the match to the last manga.
In the definitive partial, the number 31 of the world imposed conditions again and became 4-2 above. However, Comesaña grew again in the game and forced it to be defined by Tie-Break.
There it seemed that Baéz would say goodbye to the contest after being 5-3 below, but managed to connect four points in a row to seal the triumph and classification to the quarterfinals and seek the defense of the title he obtained in 2024, where he beat Alejandro Tabilo 3-6, 6-0 and 6-4.
Now, the albiceleste must be measured before the Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (90 °) with the aim of getting among the four best in the tournament.
Mariano Navone was eliminated in Santiago de Chile
The tennis player Mariano Navone It was eliminated from the trans-Andean tournament after falling to the Bosnian Damir Dzumhur by 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3.
Despite arriving with confidence after beating Shevchenko in the first round, the Argentine failed to maintain the solidity necessary to impose himself in the duel.
The game began with a first even set, where both tennis players held their service until Dzumhur achieved a key break in the fifth game. That blow was decisive and, although Navone tried to react, the Bosnium closed the partial 6-4.
However, in the second set, the Argentine showed his best version, reversing a 1-3 disadvantage to impose himself 6-3 and bring the definition to a third chapter.
In the decisive set, the encounter remained balanced until 3-3, but again Dzumhur took his opportunity to break Navone’s serve in the eighth game.
With a 5-3 in his favor, the Bosnium knew how to handle the pressure and, after missing three game points, sealed his 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 victory.
Triunfos de Coria and Carabelli
Federico Coria (136 ° of the ATP ranking) won tonight against Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (28th) 7-6 (11), 4-6 and 6-3 in 2 hours and 36 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals.
In this way, the Rosario won a great triumph against the last finalist of the current competition in 2024 and must face his compatriot Camilo Ugo Carabelli to define who gets among the four best of the contest.
The Buenos Aires, 69th of the ATP ranking, beat the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (108 °) for a while) by 4-6, 7-6 (2) and 6-3 by the round of 16 and got among the eight best in the contest.
In this way, Carabelli won his opponent in 2 hours and 41 minutes of play and advanced for the second consecutive week to the quarterfinals of the final ATP, since last week he reached that instance in Rio de Janeiro, who had Báez as champion.
Source: Ambito
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