And memorable triumph the one who got Sebastián Báez (19th in the world) to reach the round of 16 of the Rome Masters 1000. After one hour and 48 minutes, the Argentine did not give up, he ran from below and won against Holger Rune (12th) by 2-6, 6-2 and 6-3 to seal one of the best victories of his career.
Seba Báez defeated Holger Rune and is in the round of 16 in Rome. getty
After a negative startbeing widely surpassed by the extroverted Dane, the best South American in the ATP rankings, 17th favorite at the Foro Italico, recovered ground and achieved a fantastic personal milestone by earning a place, for the first time after six failed attempts, among the top 16 in an M1000 competition.
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After the respective falls in the third round in Rome 2022, Indian Wells 2023 and 2024, Madrid 2023 and 2024 and Shanghai 2023, the 23-year-old Buenos Aires native took a step higher in his career by defeating the tennis of the Nordic fantastic, tenth seeded and former four on the planet, celebrating in this way are second victory against Top 15 players in 20 appearanceshitting the table just like in 2022when he surprised the Russian Andrey Rublev in EnoughSweden.
Báez, last champion in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and Santiago de Chile, both on clay, who had just eliminated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (64th) with a close score, exhibited his best repertoire and achieved the 20th win during the season.
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In the next instance, which was also attended by the Chileans Nicolás Jarry and Alejando Tabilo, the latter defeating none other than the legendary Novak Djokovic (1st), the pupil of Sebastián Gutiérrez He will try to avenge his compatriot Tomás Etcheverry (28th) when facing the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (9th).
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