Sebastian Baez prevails over Jiri Lehecka 6-4 6-3 in the final in Salem Open on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Baez added $ 44,515 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 104,460 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Jiri Lehecka Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:34
At the end of the match, Baez scored 71 points vs. Jiri’s 61.
Baez
The Argentine won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Lehecka
On the other side, Jiri was battling in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Baez and Lehecka is 2-1 for Sebastian.
This was the 4th career title for Baez. He won the previous title in Salem Open. (see list of titles and finals). This was Jiri’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)
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The Argentine won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Baez broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to win the set 6-4.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Argentine won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 1-3 to 5-3.
Baez converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Lehecka converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, Sebastian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Czech (43-44). Sebastian dropped 17 points on serve (24-17). On the losing side, Lehecka conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).
Baez had a racing start in this set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Argentine refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Lehecka 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Argentine won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Baez converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Jiri was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40).
They played 45 points. The Argentine was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Jiri (28-17). Baez conceded 6 points on serve (12-6). on the other side of the net, Jiri conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
