Sebastian Baez survives Christopher O Connell 6-2 1-6 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Sydney on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Baez will seek to keep on going in this event against Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Christopher O Connell Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:14
At the end of the match, Baez scored 95 points vs. the Australian’s 90.
Baez
Baez was effective when converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
O Connell
On the other side, Christopher was struggling when converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Baez and O Connell is 1-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Baez vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Baez will compete against Sonego in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Lorenzo Sonego since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Baez had a racing start in this set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sebastian to win the set as the Australian found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Sebastian kept his cool to break O Connell in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Baez converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, O Connell converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. The Argentine conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Christopher (36-26). Baez dropped 18 points on serve (22-18). On the other side, O Connell conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Sonego had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. O Connell managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Sebastian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Christopher won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Australian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Christopher won 13 more points than Sebastian (25-12). Christopher dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Baez conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the Argentine won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Baez won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, O Connell won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Christopher was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 86 points. Baez conquered the set after winning 8 points more than O Connell (47-39). Baez conceded 8 points on serve (30-8). In addition, on the other side, O Connell conceded 17 points on serve (31-17).
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