Shanghai
The forecasts cannot with Báez in Shanghai
Munar also advances to the second round of the Masters 1000 of China
October 01, 2025
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Sebastián Báez is No. 42 of the PIF ATP Rankings.
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Considering the context, it was difficult to think that Sebastián Báez would advance to the second round of the Rolex Shanghai Masters, but that is just what he has done after beating Chinese Zizhen Zhang with partials of 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In addition to facing a local tennis player and that the fast tracks are not their favorite surface (3-8 record in this type of courts in 2025), the Argentine entered the track losing 0-1 his lexus ATP Headtohead with the Chinese.
And the chances of falling increased much more when losing the first manga in 29 minutes and facing three Break Points in the initial game of the second (the three saved them). In fact, this year he had only registered two victories from a 0-1 in sets before Wednesday.
But the current No. 42 of the PIF ATP Rankings managed to add one more in that account and obtain its first win since Pablo Carreño Busta defeated in August in Winston-Salem.
It is striking that the two games won of the Argentine in Masters 1000 in the season have been on fast tracks (also in Cincinnati by defeating David Goffin). Now he will seek to take another step when he measures Danish Holger Rune, who leads 3-2 the Lexus ATP Headtohead between them.
Another Hispanic who advanced Wednesday in Shanghai was the Spanish Jaume Munar. No. 41 of the ranks also had to row from behind to overcome Hungarian Marton Fucsoovics with partials of 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.
This result, in addition to meaning its twentieth triumph in ATP Masters 1000, makes it the first rival of the Italian Flavio Cobolli, head of series No. 22. In the second round, they will collide for the first time in their careers including any professional level.
In other markers of the day, the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino exceeded 7-5, 7-6 (5) to the Italian Matteo Berrettini to cite the Argentine Francisco Cerúndo, head of series No. 19. In addition, Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner met their first rivals.
The first will measure Croatian Marin Cilic, executioner of the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili; The second will collide with the German Daniel Altmaier, who comes from overcoming the Australian Tristan Schoolkate.
