Francisco Cerundolo victorious over Sebastian Baez 7-6(4) 6-2 in the final in Bastad on Sunday in what was an all-Argentine contest. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. This is the first time that Francisco conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Francisco added € 33,880 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 81,310 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Sebastian Baez Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:49
At the end of the match, Francisco scored 86 points vs. Sebastian’s 69.
Cerundolo
Cerundolo won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Baez
On the other side, Baez was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Cerundolo and Baez is 2-2.
This was the 1st career title for Francisco. (see list of titles and finals). Sebastian remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Estoril 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Francisco found the way to come back to break Baez in the 2nd (1-1) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Francisco won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 7th (5-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Baez won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (1-4) and 9th (3-6) point.
Cerundolo won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Cerundolo converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Baez converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 112 points. Cerundolo conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Sebastian (58-54). Francisco dropped 20 points on serve (34-20). On the other side, Baez conceded 24 points on serve (34-24).
Cerundolo in this set played much better tennis than Baez and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Sebastian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Cerundolo won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Cerundolo converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Francisco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. Cerundolo conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Baez (27-16). Francisco surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Baez conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
