Argentine tennis player Sebastián Báez advanced to the final of the ATP 250 in Bastad today by beating Russian Andrey Rublev (8th) 6-2, 6-4. In the definition, he will face his compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo.Báez, ranked 34th in the ATP ranking, won with authority and thus obtained his first victory against a player of the Top 10, since the Russian currently occupies the eighth place in the world ranking.
In this way, the Buenos Aires advances to his third final in the professional circuit, since this season he played this instance in the tournaments of Estoril, where he was consecrated champion, and Santiago de Chile, where he fell to the Spanish Pedro Martínez.In the definition, Báez will face his compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo (39°), who forcefully surpassed the Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta (18°) by 6-3 and 6-2. In this way, Argentine tennis ensures to add its second professional title of the season. The Argentines never faced each other for ATP tournaments, but they record three antecedents by Challengers and Futures with a balance 2-1 favorable to the native of the Buenos Aires match of San Martín.Whoever lifts the trophy this Sunday will become the third Argentine champion of the Swedish Open after Mariano Zabaleta (2003 and 2004) and Carlos Berlocq (2013).
