Dusan Lajovic surprises Sebastian Baez 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. Lajovic is going to play against Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Dusan Lajovic vs. Sebastian Baez Argentina Open – Buenos Aires
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:30
The Serbian won this contest even if he scored the same amount of points of the Argentine (105 vs. 105).
Lajovic
Dusan didn’t lose the focus when converting 58% of the break points that he conquered (7/12).
Baez
On the other side, Baez was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (6/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Lajovic and Baez is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Dusan Lajovic vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli – stats
Lajovic will take on Ugo Carabelli in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Camilo Ugo Carabelli since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Lajovic had a great start in this set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Sebastian refused to bow to come back to break Dusan 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Sebastian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Serbian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 69 points. Sebastian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Lajovic (38-31). Baez dropped 19 points on serve (21-19). In addition, on the other side, the Serbian conceded 17 points on serve (12-17).
Lajovic had a favorable start in this set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Lajovic succeeded in coming back to break the Argentine in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
Lajovic won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Baez won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 5th (4-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Dusan converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 76 points. It’s worth to point out that, Dusan won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Argentine (37-39). Lajovic surrendered 17 points on serve (22-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Sebastian conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Lajovic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, there was more work to do for the Serbian to win the set because Baez managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Lajovic maintained his cool to break Sebastian in the 9th (6-3) game.
Sebastian surrendered the 9th game (6-3) when he was comfortably leading 40-0. A defining moment of this set was when the Serbian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Lajovic was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Baez converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (1-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 65 points. Lajovic was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Baez (36-29). The Serbian dropped 8 points on serve (13-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 23 points on serve (21-23).
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