February 11, 2023, 4:15 PM
February 11, 2023, 4:15 PM
Hugo Dellien could not before Sebastián Báez. The Argentine beat the Bolivian in two straight sets with a double 6-4. El Tigre de Moxos played an intense match of one hour and 31 minutes, where they ended up falling in the semifinals of the Córdoba Open.
The national came from eliminating Thiago Seyboth and Nicolás Kicker in the previous matches, and Pedro Cachín, Guido Pella, Juan Manuel Cerundolo, and then fell to Báez in the main draw.
-First time in semis-
“Only three times was he very close to reaching the semis in a tournament of this level: the ATP 250 in Sao Paulo, the ATP 250 in Genoa, both in 2019, and the ATP 250 in Santiago, in 2020. In all of them he was eliminated the quarterfinals”, commented the Bolivian Tennis Federation on Hugo’s participation.
The final will be between two Argentines. Federico Coria defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas in two sets. He went 6-4 and 7-6 in two hours and 36 minutes of play. Coria and Báez will meet this Sunday starting at 11:00 a.m.
Hugo Dellien has already fulfilled a great objective to add ATP points, which will allow him to regain ground in the ranking. The national tennis player seeks to return to his position 64, or improve it in this 2023.
It should be remembered that Dellien already has a guaranteed place in all the 2023 Grand Slams due to the “protected ranking” to which he opted after being injured in 2022, and thus be able to compete on the main stages of tennis and seek to recover his position in the world rankings.
This protected ranking allows the injured player to use ranking protection in eight tournaments, and access them with the position he had before the injury to fight his return to the high ranks of the ATP.
Simplifying, Hugo lost a lot of rankings due to inactivity, but because of ranking protection, You will be able to access the four Grand Slams of 2023, compete and add points that allow you to return to a similar position.
“I will be in the main draw of the four Grand Slams and some ATP tournaments, like the Masters 1000 in Rome and Madrid. Both are on clay, and that’s where I feel best playing,” he commented in August 2022, when he reported on the protected ranking.
