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Rune slows Báez’s inertia on clay in Barcelona

The Danish seeks this week his biggest clay title

April 16, 2025

Holger Rune seeks to become one of the main candidates for Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, where this week he puts his talent on whipped land. The Danish player, who reached the second week of Roland Garros in the last three seasons, has an opportunity in the city to claim on the surface. If it is one of the younger talents with the most potential of the costumes, the Catalan scenario is unbeatable to leave a good stamp.

The sixth standard head completed an effort to convince himself towards the fight for the cup, defeating 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to Argentine Sebastián Báez in an hour and 48 minutes of play. Rune squeezed his teeth to add a victory against the South American, the player with the most games won on beaten land this season. In a shock of power to power, the Scandinavian tested his ability to suffer on a surface that demands it as none.

In a tournament of great emotions, where the last adventure of Albert Ramos-Viñolas also closed in Barcelona, ​​the horizon presents intense work for the Danish. Rune will play the quarterfinals before the current Norwegian champion Casper Ruud or the Serbian Hamad Medjedovic, a demanding key on the way to the definitive rounds.

The Count of Godó trophy represents an opportunity for Rune to return to the privilege posts of the ATP Tour. The Danish, who would return to the top 10 of the PIF ATP Rankings in case of reaching the final in the Catalan clay, seeks to continue the brightness shown in some great 2025 tournaments. Holger played its 4th final ATP Masters 1000 in Miami in mid -March.

For his part, Báez continued a season of whipped land where he has reaped great successes. Despite not climbing until the hot games in Barcelona, ​​the Argentine will try to keep the inertia on the surface won after revalidating the Title ATP 500 of Rio de Janeiro and step on the end in Santiago and Bucharest. The South American will play next week the Mutua Madrid Open in the Spanish capital.

This Wednesday also found the way to the quarterfinals Frenchman Arthur Fils, winner 6-3, 6-2 about the premises Pedro Martínez in the duel that opened the day in Barcelona. The Gallic, current champion on the clay of the ATP 500 of Hamburg, will measure in the next round the current Greek runner -up Stefanos Tsitsipas or the American Sebastian Korda.

Did you know that …?
Holger Rune aspires to lift this week the biggest atp tour of his career on whipped land. The Danish, one of the most prominent figures in Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, premiered his record on the surface linking titles in Munich during the 2022 and 2023 season. No Danish player has managed to take the cup in the Copa in the city in the history of the tournament.