Sebastian Baez gets the better of Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-4 1-6 6-2 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro on Friday. Baez will have to play Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Baez added to his prize money $ 55,085 after winning this match. He has already won $ 112,625 till now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Baez will add $ 98,705 to his earnings to get in total $ 211,330.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:13
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 80 points vs. Thiago’s 73.
Baez
Sebastian was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Moura Monteiro
On the other side, Moura Monteiro was battling in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Baez and Moura Monteiro is 4-1 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Baez vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Baez will come up against Cerundolo in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Sebastian Baez and Francisco Cerundolo fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Baez and Cerundolo (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Baez clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Baez converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, the Brazilian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Baez was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Moura Monteiro (37-30). Sebastian conceded 9 points on serve (24-9). on the other side of the net, Moura Monteiro conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Baez came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Thiago Moura Monteiro in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Thiago extended his lead after breaking Sebastian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Thiago won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Brazilian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40). On the other side, Moura Monteiro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Thiago won 15 points more than Sebastian (30-15). Thiago was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the net, Baez conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Sebastian in this set was more solid than Moura Monteiro and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Brazilian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Moura Monteiro was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Argentine converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Baez was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Thiago (28-13). Sebastian dropped 5 points on serve (14-5). In addition, on the other side, Thiago conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Joao FonsecaFonseca (2-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-1 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 1-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H details and stats
