Relentless Sebastian Baez breezes past Hijikata in the 2nd round to play vs Fritz next opponent at the BNP Paribas Open – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Baez demolishes Hijikata to take on Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Rinky Hijikata

Sebastian Baez motors past Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Saturday after playing a good match to play Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Baez
Indian Wells
Baez's Record

Baez added to his prize money $ 24,885 after winning this match. He has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add $ 41,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Baez
Hijikata
Sebastian Baez
6-3 6-1
1h:04
Rinky Hijikata
55
55
Total points
33
33
27
27
Winners
17
17
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
88%
88%
1st in
60%
60%
77%
77%
1st won
59%
59%
27/35
27/35
1st won
17/29
17/29
40%
40%
2nd won
26%
26%
2/5
2/5
2nd won
5/19
5/19
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/1
1/1
63%
63%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Baez scored 55 points vs. Hijikata’s 33.

Baez

Baez served pretty well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 40% points (2/5) on his second serve. Sebastian was well focused in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).

Hijikata

On the other side, Hijikata was great in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Baez and Hijikata is 1-0 for Sebastian.

Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Baez vs. Taylor Fritz – stats

Baez will come up against Fritz in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Baez and Taylor Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Sebastian Baez Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Baez 6-3
BaezHijikata
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
BaezHijikata
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BaezHijikata
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BaezHijikata
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BaezHijikata
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BaezHijikata
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BaezHijikata
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
BaezHijikata
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BaezHijikata
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
BaezHijikata
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Baez had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Argentine to win the set since Rinky succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game. Sebastian maintained his cool to break Hijikata in the 9th (6-3) game.

Baez failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.

One of the most important stints of the set was when the Argentine won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Sebastian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Hijikata was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 15-40).

They played 52 points. Sebastian conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Australian (32-20). Baez dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Hijikata conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).

2nd Set -
Baez 6-1
BaezHijikata
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BaezHijikata
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BaezHijikata
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BaezHijikata
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BaezHijikata
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BaezHijikata
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Baez got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Baez improved his lead after breaking Rinky in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Sebastian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Baez didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 36 points. The Argentine won 10 more points than Hijikata (23-13). The Argentine was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

1st
Baez
Hijikata
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Baez
Hijikata
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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