Sebastian Baez survives Francisco Comesana 6-3 5-7 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Santiago on Thursday after winning a huge battle in what was an all-Argentine contest. Baez will engage against Damir Dzumhur in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. Sebastian won this tournament once in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Baez added to his prize money $ 8,620 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add $ 14,925 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,480 in total.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Francisco Comesana Movistar Chile Open – Santiago
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Baez scored 113 points vs. Comesana’s 108.
Baez
Sebastian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Comesana
On the other side, Comesana didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered points (3/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Baez and Comesana is 2-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Baez vs. Damir Dzumhur – stats
Baez will face Dzumhur in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Baez and Damir Dzumhur fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Baez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Sebastian won the set after he broke Francisco in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Baez failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
Sebastian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. Sebastian conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Francisco (34-23). Baez dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). In addition, on the other side, Comesana conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Baez had a strong start of this set after breaking Francisco Comesana in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Comesana was not done to come back to break Sebastian in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5
).Baez couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Francisco was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th (2-4 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Baez was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Comesana won just 3 more points than Sebastian (41-38). Francisco conceded 19 points on serve (29-19). On the losing side, Sebastian conceded 12 points on serve (19-12
).Sebastian won the set after he broke Comesana in the 6th (4-2) game. Comesana tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Baez didn’t lose the lead to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Baez won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Francisco won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (2-3) and 8th (5-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Sebastian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). Sebastian saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. In addition on the other side, Francisco converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 85 points. It’s worth to point out that, Baez won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Comesana (41-44). Sebastian dropped 15 points on serve (22-15). on the other side of the court, Francisco conceded 19 points on serve (29-19).
Tennis Scores in Santiago
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-3 5-7 7-65)
- Federico CoriaCoria – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-611 4-6 6-3)
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (4-6 7-62 6-3)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-2 4-6 7-65)
- Jaime FariaFaria – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-72 7-65 6-4)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Cristian GarinGarin (6-2 6-4)
- Laslo DjereDjere – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Federico CoriaCoria (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-2) – H2H details and stats