16/02/2024 18:48hs.
Friday’s day of action at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club left us with a duel of compatriots at the Guillermo Vilas Stadium. Over there, Federico Coria (106th) beat Sebastián Báez (30th) 6-1 and 6-4 and sealed his qualification to the semi-finals of the Argentina Open.
The 31-year-old tennis player achieved his victory in 1 hour and a half, where he recorded 3 aces and 5/9 break points, in addition to not committing any double faults. This way, He got into the top 4 of the contest and now he will go against Facundo Díaz Acosta (87th), who beat Serbian Dusan Lajovic (58th) earlier.
The man from Rosario, although he is far from the main positions in the ATP ranking – he is not even within the Top 100 – has demonstrated a very high level these last two weeks in local competitions. At the Córdoba Open, he reached the semifinal, where he lost to Facundo Bagnis (138th)and now he reached this instance again in Buenos Aires.
Coria had just beaten Cameron Norrie and now he did the same against Báez. (Z FTP EFernandz)
This Saturday, on the same court but with no time yet to be confirmed, you will have the chance to qualify for a final again. The last one he played was relatively recently, on February 4, in the Piracicaba challenger, Brazil, where he lost to Camilo Ugo Carabelli (134°).
Coria: among the best 4 of the Argentina Open. (AFP)
An Argentine in the final and how to watch the rest of the games
After confirming the first semifinal between Coria and Díaz Acosta, the winner of this duel will play the definition of the tournament, ensuring a national tennis player in the most important match of the competition and with the chance of, why not, crowning as a local before their people.
At 6.30pm, Alcaraz goes ahead of Vavassori.
On the other side of the draw, the matches corresponding to the quarterfinals still have to be played. At 6:30 p.m., the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) will face the Italian Andrea Vavassori (152nd)y At 8 p.m., local Tomás Etcheverry (27th) will face Chilean Nicolás Jarry (21st). Both parties will go for TyC Sports.
2024-02-16 21:48:24
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