Baez to defend Rio crown against Muller

Rio De Janeiro: Defending champion Sebastian Baez rallied from a set down to defeat fellow Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Rio Open on Saturday. The 24-year-old Baez, who is looking to become the first two-time Rio Open champion, will take on Alexandre Muller after the Frenchman beat Francisco Comesana 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3 in a marathon battle. Despite an impressive opening set from lucky loser Carabelli, Baez found his pace to claim victory, winning 12 of the next 14 games and dropping just four service points in both the second and third sets.

In the later semi-final, Muller needed almost three hours to overcome Argentine Comesana, who had stunned world number two Alexander Zverev in Friday’s quarter-finals. Agencies

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