The Córdoba Open will once again have a local champion
.
It is that as in two of its first four editions, a tennis player from the Legión Albiceleste will lift the trophy this Sunday when
Sebastián Báez
(47th in the world ranking) from Buenos Aires and Rosario
Federico Coria
(67th) face each other, who won in the semifinals the Bolivian Hugo Dellién (138) and the current champion the Spanish Albert Ramos (54), respectively.
It will be from 7:00 p.m. on the central brick dust court of the Mario Alberto Kempes Sports Center in Córdoba, with Fox Sports television,
The record of the Cordovan ATP 250 so far includes the Argentines Juan Ignacio Lóndero (2019) and Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (2021), while the Chilean Christian Garín (2020) and the Spanish Ramos (2022) also knew how to celebrate.
Federico Coria at the Córdoba Open 2023. Photo Press Córdoba Open
The first to reach the decisive match was Coria, seeded sixth, who beat Ramos 6-4, 7-6 (2), in two hours and 26 minutes of play under intense heat.
“Today I allowed myself to play a little with the people because I really needed it to gain strength and take advantage of the locality. That gives you a different energy and luckily I was able to win and get to the final”
, emphasized Coria, who on his way beat the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (78) 6-7, 6-1 and 6-2, the Italian Marco Cecchinato (93) 6-3, 3-1 and retirement, and Francisco Cerúndolo (31) 6-3, 3-0 and retirement in the quarterfinals.
Sebastián Báez won this Saturday in the second shift.
Photo: Cordoba Open.
In the second turn, Báez (47), fourth seed, defeated Bolivian Dellién in a South American duel by a double 6-4 in just one hour and 31 minutes of activity, to go in search of his second title as a professional after the consecration in Estoril 2022.
“It is a joy to be able to access the final in this tournament and to be able to define the title against another Argentine like Fede (Coria). It makes me very happy to be able to recover my best level and I hope to be able to crown him with the title”
, said Báez, who won 6-3 and 6-4 over Italian Luciano Darderi (140), and beat Chilean Tomás in the quarterfinals. Vera neighborhoods (212) 6-1, 3-6 and 6-1.
In doubles, there is also an albiceleste presence
Molteni and González in the doubles duel of the series between Argentina and Finland, for the 2023 Davis Cup Qualifiers. Photo Finnish Tennis Federation
The doubles draw will present an illustrious presence in the contest:
Andrés Molteni
will seek his third title at the Córdoba Open when, in a very Argentine pairing with
Máximo González
, he faces the French
Sadio Doumbia
and
Fabien Reboul
, winners of the top seeded, the Brazilian Rafael Matos and the Spanish David Vega Hernández.
Number 39 in the specialty ranking was established in 2019 with the Czech Roman Jebavy and in 2022 with the Mexican Santiago González, while González from Tandil was a finalist in the tournament with Horacio Zeballos in the inaugural edition
and
will seek revenge in the definition.
The game of the Argentine couple, who has just represented the country in the Davis Cup team that lost to Finland, is scheduled no earlier than 4:45 p.m.
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