Superlative Sebastian Baez clobbers Cerundolo in the semifinal to play vs Navone at the Rio Open. HIGHLIGHTS – RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS

RIO OPEN - RIO DE JANEIRO DRAW AND RESULTS. Baez makes light work of Cerundolo to come up against Mariano Navone in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Francisco Cerundolo

Sebastian Baez grounds Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-0 in the semifinal in Rio De Janeiro on Saturday in what was an all-Argentine encounter after playing a superlative match to fight against Mariano Navone in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Baez
Rio De Janeiro
Baez's Record

Baez added to his prize money $ 98,705 after winning this match. He has already won $ 211,330 after this win. If he wins the next match, Baez will add $ 181,445 to his earnings to get in total $ 392,775 in total.

Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Francisco Cerundolo Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Baez
Cerundolo
Sebastian Baez
7-5 6-0
1h:24
Francisco Cerundolo
68
68
Total points
45
45
29
29
Winners
20
20
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
78%
78%
1st in
68%
68%
69%
69%
1st won
50%
50%
29/42
29/42
1st won
20/40
20/40
67%
67%
2nd won
42%
42%
8/12
8/12
2nd won
8/19
8/19
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
1/7
1/7
50%
50%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, Baez scored 68 points vs. Francisco’s 45.

Baez

Sebastian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).

Cerundolo

On the other side, Francisco was not so effective in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Baez and Cerundolo is 3-2 for Sebastian.

Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Baez vs. Mariano Navone – stats

Baez will play Navone in the final.

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Mariano Navone since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Sebastian Baez Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Baez 7-5
BaezCerundolo
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BaezCerundolo
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
BaezCerundolo
6
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BaezCerundolo
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BaezCerundolo
4
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BaezCerundolo
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
BaezCerundolo
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BaezCerundolo
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BaezCerundolo
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BaezCerundolo
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
BaezCerundolo
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BaezCerundolo
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BaezCerundolo
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Baez won the set after he broke Francisco in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Cerundolo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Notwithstanding, Baez managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 7-5.

Francisco was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.

Sebastian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Francisco converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 78 points. Sebastian won 12 points more than Cerundolo (45-33). Baez lost 11 points on serve (24-11). In addition, on the other side, Francisco conceded 21 points on serve (22-21).

2nd Set -
Baez 6-0
BaezCerundolo
6
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BaezCerundolo
5
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BaezCerundolo
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BaezCerundolo
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BaezCerundolo
2
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

Cerundolo had no answers anymore and Sebastian won the set 6-0.

Baez converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Francisco was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 35 points. Baez won 11 more points than Francisco (23-12). Sebastian surrendered 6 points on serve (13-6). In addition, on the other side, Francisco conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).

1st
Baez
Cerundolo
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Baez
Cerundolo
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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