Laslo Djere wins the title in Santiago. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – SANTIAGO RESULTS

Laslo Djere shocks Sebastian Baez 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the final in Santiago on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. This is the first time that the Serbian conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.

The Serbian added $ 43,105 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 103,455 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Laslo Djere vs. Sebastian Baez Movistar Chile Open – Santiago

Djere’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

The Serbian won this match even if he won less points than the Argentine (94 vs. 96).

Djere

The Serbian was effective when converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).

Baez

On the other side, Sebastian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Djere and Baez is 1-2 for Sebastian.

This was the 3^rd career title for the Serbian. He won the previous title in Sardinia. (see list of titles and finals). The Argentine remains with 7^th titles. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Djere was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sebastian Baez in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Djere to win the set as the Argentine managed to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. The Serbian maintained his focus to break Sebastian in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Sebastian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Laslo converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, Sebastian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 40-A), the 4^th (1-2 15-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 79 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Djere won barely 1 point more than the Argentine (40-39). Laslo conceded 15 points on serve (22-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sebastian snatched in the 8^th

game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).

Laslo was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Sebastian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 8^th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Laslo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7^th game (3-3 30-40).

They contested 49 points. The contest during this set was so even that Baez won barely 1 point more than the Serbian (25-24). The Argentine surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).

Laslo won the set after he broke the Argentine 3 times in the 6^th (4-2), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Sebastian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. However, the Serbian stayed solid to win the set 7-5.

Djere failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

Laslo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6^th (3-2 30-40), the 7^th (4-3 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Argentine converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 62 points. It’s worth to point out that, Djere won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Sebastian (30-32). Djere lost 16 points on serve (17-16). on the other side of the net, Baez conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).