Sebastian Baez overcomes O Connell in the 1st round at the Swiss Indoors Basel. HIGHLIGHTS – BASEL RESULTS

Sebastian Baez hustles Christopher O Connell 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Basel on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1^st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Basel

Baez's Record

Baez added to his prize money € 16,450 after conquering this match. He has already won € 35,245 after this win. If he wins the next match, Baez will add € 30,780 to his earnings to get in total € 66,025 in total.

Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Christopher O Connell Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Baez

Connell

6-7³ 6-4 6-3
2h:17

97

97

Total points

89

89

50

50

Winners

38

38

52%

52%

Ratio Winners

43%

43%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

12

12

3

3

Double Faults

1

1

78%

78%

1st in

59%

59%

72%

72%

1st won

67%

67%

50/69

50/69

1st won

38/57

38/57

45%

45%

2nd won

53%

53%

9/20

9/20

2nd won

21/40

21/40

-- Break Points --

5/12

5/12

Total

2/3

2/3

42%

42%

Won

67%

67%

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At the end of the match, Baez scored 97 points vs. O Connell’s 89.

Baez

The Argentine won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

O Connell

On the other side, O Connell was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Baez and O Connell is 2-0 for Sebastian.

Live score progression and stats

The Australian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, O Connell broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.

Christopher was flawless in converting all his break points in the 7^th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Argentine was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 86 points. Christopher conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Baez (45-41). Christopher dropped 18 points on serve (33-18). On the losing side, Baez conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Argentine clinched in the 9^th game (5-4) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

O Connell was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Argentine converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9^th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sebastian won just 3 points more than the Australian (29-26). Sebastian surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the court, Christopher conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).

Baez won the set after he broke Christopher 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. O Connell tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) game. However, Sebastian stayed solid to conquer the set 6-3.

The Argentine failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

There was an important spell in this set when the Argentine won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to bring the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Baez converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-2 30-40), the 7^th (4-2 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Christopher was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8^th game (2-5 15-40).

They played 45 points. Baez won 11 points more than Christopher (28-17). The Argentine dropped 7 points on serve (13-7). on the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).

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