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Báez and Navone will relive their river end, a year later

Argentines will collide again at the Brazilian ATP 500

February 19, 2025

Twelve months after Sebastián Báez and Mariano Navone faced in the final of the Open Rio presented by Claro in 2025, the Argentines will collide in the Brazilian ATP 500, but this time much earlier: in the second round!

The duel was established on Tuesday thanks to the victories in Sets runs from both on the second day of ‘Main Draw’ in Rio de Janeiro, where Báez won a year ago, 6-2, 6-1 to win the title bigger in his career.

Báez, No. 31 of the PIF ATP Rankings, advanced on Tuesday thanks to a solid 6-3 victory, 7-5 against Román Burruchaga, who entered the Lucky Loser due to the decline in Summital. It is the second ATP triumph of the year for the fifth sown in Rio, and needed an hour and 37 minutes to realize it.

6th consecutive victory in Río 🦾

The current champion is back in 2nd Round of the ATP 500 of 🇧🇷

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Later in the day, Navone was also categorical to eliminate a circuit champion on this surface: Roberto Carballés Baena. In an hour and 36 minutes he resolved the Spanish maze by imposing himself with partials of 6-4, 6-3. Now Navone, No. 46 of the world, will seek revenge against Báez and leave in 1-1 the lexus ATP Headtohead between them.

More Argentines advanced to the second round of the tournament on the day on Tuesday. Francisco Cerúndo, who two days ago ended in Buenos Aires (p. With Fonseca), won 7-6 (9), 6-0 against Frenchman Hugo Gaston, against which he had to suffer in a first high sleeve.

The fourth manager went from 3-1 to 3-3 and getting out for the set in 5-4 and 6-5 to face four set balls in the Tie-Break, in which he was losing 3/6 and 8/9. With everything and that, No. 26 of the ranks, the partial stayed and, from there, had no brake on the victory in an hour and 41 minutes, which quotes it with the Italian Luciano Darderi, who comes from beating the Bolivian Hugo Dellien (7-6, 2-2, RET).

In addition, Tomás Etcheverry won 6-3, 7-6 (1) to the Frenchman Corentin Moutet to add his victory No. 70 in the ATP Tour. In the next round, the eighth preclassified will go one more when it measures the winner of the duel between the local Joao Fonseca and the Frenchman Alexandre Muller.