Sebastian Baez put up stiff resistance against Nick Kyrgios, recent finalist Wimbledonbut finally fell by a double 6-4 against the Australian in the first round of the Masters 1000 de Montreal. She didn’t go though. without first leaving a true jewel when the Australian had him in trouble.
With the second set 4-3 in favor of Kyrgios, the current world number 37 was using his game that alternates very powerful and subtle shots drops to exhaust his rival, but in a great response by Báez, the young man from San Martín rehearsed a spectacular lob rehearsing a shot between the legs which defeated his opponent.
However, the high intensity of Kyrgios, who comes from winning the ATP 500 de Washington in singles and doubles simultaneously, it was too much for Baez. In the first set the Australian was quick to break the first two serves from number 32 in the ATP ranking, and despite recovering one of the serves towards the end, he closed the quarter in a great way by 6-4. The second was more closed, but finally the one in Canberra went bankrupt at a key moment and, after wasting two match points, the third was the final one to win the match.
It is the fourth consecutive loss for Báez in the first round after losing the final in Bastad, against Francisco Cerúndolo. And what has been a difficult start to the tournament for the Argentines is framed. On Monday, Francisco Cerundolo also said goodbye in the first instance after falling down 7-6 (4), 5-7 y 6-3 against the russian Karen Khachanov, 28th in the ranking. Therefore, hopes are pinned on Diego Schwartzmanwhat will make his US tour debut when I face Spanish from 20 Alexander Davidovich Fokina.
Kyrgios, for his part, will face in the second round nothing less than the number one in the world, Daniil Medvedev. Curiously, the aussie has a positive track record against the russianincluding a win in the final de Washington en 2019although the Muscovite kept the last cross between them, in the first round of the last Australian Openin which he reached the final.