2023-08-26 04:00:17
The man from Buenos Aires () against the Croatian Borna Coric 6-3, 6-7 (4) and 7-6 (2), and qualified for the final of the American tournament that serves as a prelude to the US Open, where they will meet again.
Argentine tennis player Sebastián Báez expired Croatian Borna Coric in the semifinals of the ATP 250 Winston Salemafter a battle of more than three hours by 6-3, 6-7 (4) and 7-6 (2) and will collide in the decisive match this Saturday against the Czech Use Lehecka.
Báez, ranked 42nd in the ATP world ranking, gave everything against Coric (29), the top seed for the title, in a marathon duel that lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes under the intense heat of American cement, in Forsyth County in the state of North Carolina.
Báez, 22, has won two tournaments on clay this year, the Córdoba Open and Kitzbuhel, in Austria, and in Winston Salem he will play his first career final on a hard surface, in a clear sign of his evolution.
The ATP 250 by Winston Salem Distributes prizes for $850,680 and had already qualified for the final the Czech Lehecka (35), who advanced without playing due to the non-presentation in the semifinals of the American Sebastián Korda (33).
The Argentine tennis players won four titles in ATP tournaments this year: the two mentioned by Báez, plus those of Francisco Cerúndolo in Eastbourne (England) and Pedro Cachín in Gstaad (Switzerland).
Báez and Coric will meet again in the debut of the US Open, which will begin this Monday. The Argentine (42nd in the ranking) will face the Croatian -27th seed- in his debut, and if he wins, in the third round he will meet Daniil Medvedev, third seed.
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