Norrie beats a feisty Baez in Lyon

The Argentine tennis player does not achieve his third important victory in his Lyon career. Báez fails to maintain a good performance during the final stretch, so he ends up losing to Cameron Norrie in three sets (2-6, 6-2, 1-6) after 1h53min of tennis.

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Sebastián Báez was facing the third of the matches corresponding to a new edition of an ATP tournament in the city of Lyon in this month of May 2023. He did it after going ahead in the men’s final tablewhere he would have to face the British tennis player in the quarterfinals Cameron Norrie. The Argentine player came to this confrontation after having previously beaten Marton Fucsovics and Pedro Cachín. For his part, the tennis player from Great Britain came to this match after having previously done the same against David Goffin. Inside of the head to head there is only one precedent between both tennis playersand it was the one that took place in 2022. On that occasion the British racket would win.

Cameron Norrie takes the lead on the scoreboard

The match started strong for Cameron Norrie. The British player managed to win the first three games of the match, with a break included. At the moment Sebastián Báez would respond, following one another a series of winning hits in each service. The initiative was falling on the European side, which is why Cameron would be far ahead in game and score. It is for the same reason that Norrie scored two consecutive final games, with a break included, to be able to take advantage of his only set point. This left the situation 6-2 in favor.

Sebastián Báez equalizes the overall score

At the start of the second set it would now be Sebastián Báez. The Argentine player managed to win the first two games of the match, with a break. At the moment Cameron Norrie would respond, following a series of successes in the service of each player. A positive inertia from Báez would cause his tennis to dominate in this section of the match, which is why he would score three consecutive games with a break through. This caused him to take advantage of his only set point to level the game on aggregate.

The British racket comes back forcefully

For the start of the third set it would now be Cameron Norrie who would start commanding the initial score. The British player managed to win the first three games of the match, with a break included. At the moment Sebastián Báez would respond, who would see it as impossible to cut differences on the scoreboard. A Norrie who would take advantage of his positive inertia to sentence the game would effectively sentence the match. Three consecutive games, including a break and a single match point would allow Cameron to close out the clash. This confirmed his pass to the semifinals of the Lyon tournament.