The Argentine tennis player Sebastián Báez beat the Spanish Jaume Munar by a double 6-4 and reached the semifinal, for the third time in his last four tournaments, of the ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile.
Báez, ranked 21st in the world ranking after becoming champion last Sunday at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, is the second seed and had no major problems beating Munar (70), with whom he had a distant history. when he lost in the qualification to enter the Argentina Open in the 2021 edition, in one hour and 48 minutes of play.
In this way, the Buenos Aires native will play this Saturday against the Spanish Pedro Martínez (101) or the Frenchman Arthur Fils (44).
The tennis player born 23 years ago in Billinghurst, in the Buenos Aires match of San Martín, entered the tournament directly in the round of 16, won in three close sets against the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (119) and today achieved his seventh consecutive victory adding the five that he had achieved in Rio.
The ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile takes place on clay courts and will distribute a total of $742,350 in prizes.
The competition closes the South American tour on clay that was extremely beneficial for Argentine tennis players, with a finalist in the Córdoba Open (Bagnis) and two champions, Facundo Díaz Acosta in the Argentina Open and the aforementioned Báez title in Río de Janeiro.
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- Cordoba Open 2023
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- Winston Salem 2023
- Rio de Janeiro 2024
2024-03-01 20:19:00
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