The spectators at the ATP World Tour 250 event in Estoril were able to marvel at the hard-fought semi-finals - in the end the American Frances Tiafoe and the Argentinian Sebastian Baez fought their way into the final of the sand court event in the Portuguese tourism center, which is endowed with almost 600,000 euros. hotspot. While it could be Tiafoe's second tournament victory after Delray Beach 2018, it would be the first full success on the ATP tour for the 21-year-old South American.

Korda loses the game he thought he had already won

First, Baez prevailed against the sixth-seeded Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6: 3, 6: 7 (7) and 6: 0. The young man from Buenos Aires could have made everything clear in the tie-break of the second round, but was unable to use two match balls - one on his own service - and finally had to go into extra time, in which the experienced southern European had nothing to counter.

In the subsequent duel between two Americans, Sebastian Korda had the better cards. The son of the Czech top player Petr Korda won the first set and also appeared aggressive and enthusiastic in act two. Gradually, however, the Vienna finalist from the previous year followed suit, clearly taking the short decision of the second set to 2. In the third set, Tiafoe used the momentum and quickly pulled away with a break. Korda managed to equalize again, but in the end had to accept the decisive loss of service to 4: 6 to zero.

Here the single tableau from Estoril.