Bucharest
Báez cites the current champion in Bucharest semifinals
The Argentine seeks his second 2025 ATP Tour title
April 04, 2025
Raed krishan
By Drafting ATP in Spanish
Sebastián Báez is still strong with the beaten earth as a platform. The Argentine climbed this Friday to the semifinals of the Tiriac Open of Bucharest, where he looks for his second ATP Tour crown of the 2025 season, underlining his status as the main head of the way of the definitive rounds. In a tournament where it starts as a man to beat, the South American has the opportunity to remember an increasingly frequent flavor in his career: the champion trophy.
No. 36 of the PIF ATP Rankings managed to catch a game without secrets, beating 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-1 to its compatriot Francisco Comesaña in two hours and 20 minutes of play. Before one of the best known adversaries of the main box, Báez maintained his composure with the marker fully open, signing an impeccable final section to reserve the ticket to the semifinals.
“It has been complicated, because it is always hard to face another Argentine,” said Báez, who improved his history Lexus ATP Head2head to Comesaña, who had already defeated weeks ago on the beaten earth of Santiago. “I am happy with my level, he is also doing a great tennis. I’m glad to be in the next round.”
Báez competes this week in Bucharest with extensive experience on beaten soil. The South American, which weeks ago revalidated the Cup in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, completing the greatest deed of his career, goes to the definitive rounds with a totally reinforced confidence. No compatriot wins the tournament since 2010, a story that Báez will seek to change this weekend.
The main Argentine sown, which premiered in the tournament overcoming a fought match over two days due to the rains, will find a maximum hardness path if you want to aspire to lift the trophy. Báez will play Bucharest’s semifinals before the current champion Marton Fucsoovics, who dispatched 6-0, 6-4 to the Australian Christopher O’Connell on the way to the penultimate round.
In addition, Flavio Cobolli reached his third semifinal ATP Tour after overcoming 7-6 (5), 6-4 to the Austrian Filip Misolic. The Italian, who defeated Richard Gasquet in the first round to break a streak of eight consecutive losses, will measure in the semifinals the Bosnian Damir Dzumhur, who dominated 6-1, 2-0 to the second head of the Pedro Martínez series when the Spanish had to retire from the injury tournament.
Source: https://www.atptour.com/es/news/bucarest-2025-viernes-jornada-cf
