{"id":21790,"date":"2024-02-25T20:30:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T01:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/sebastian-baez-wins-rio-open-his-fifth-title\/25\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T20:30:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T01:30:22","slug":"sebastian-baez-wins-rio-open-his-fifth-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/sebastian-baez-wins-rio-open-his-fifth-title\/25\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Baez wins Rio Open, his fifth title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>RIO DE JANEIRO &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3340\" data-player-guid=\"4a7076f7-cfe4-643a-afe8-096a1194d408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sebastian Baez<\/a> won his fifth and biggest title Sunday with a 6-2, 6-1 victory against his Argentine compatriot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=9992\" data-player-guid=\"89f3567e-c29b-34e3-bd89-92c33218565f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mariano Navone<\/a> at the Rio Open.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth-seeded Baez wasn&#8217;t seriously challenged by the 22-year-old Navone, a qualifier, in the final of the clay-court tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of the two Argentinians had been among the favorites to lift the title, but defending champion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2366\" data-player-guid=\"f868201c-172e-90a1-b93f-0552e29bbc71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cameron Norrie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3782\" data-player-guid=\"07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=264\" data-player-guid=\"c6eb21e5-8a25-0cb1-fc55-8315888ef262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stan Wawrinka<\/a> and Nicol\u00e1s Jarry had all stumbled.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39563164\/iga-swiatek-jannik-sinner-last-week-tennis\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Baez is the second Argentinian to lift the trophy, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2324\" data-player-guid=\"f4241bf7-ca09-b003-20e2-066a60941c9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Diego Schwartzman<\/a> the first in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Baez is set to climb to a career-high No. 21 in the rankings on Monday, from his current No. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Navone will become a top 100 player for the first time, reaching No. 60 after Rio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39600307\/sebastian-baez-wins-rio-open-fifth-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIO DE JANEIRO &mdash; 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