{"id":7889,"date":"2023-04-09T03:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T03:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/dan-evans-briton-beaten-by-roberto-carballes-baena-in-grand-prix-hassan-ii-semis\/"},"modified":"2023-04-09T03:19:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T03:19:54","slug":"dan-evans-briton-beaten-by-roberto-carballes-baena-in-grand-prix-hassan-ii-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/dan-evans-briton-beaten-by-roberto-carballes-baena-in-grand-prix-hassan-ii-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Evans: Briton beaten by Roberto Carballes Baena in Grand Prix Hassan II semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Dan Evans had the chance to reach his fourth ATP singles final<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">Dan Evans&#8217; bid to win his second ATP title was dashed as Spain&#8217;s Roberto Carballes Baena came from a set down to reach the Grand Prix Hassan II final.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">The British number two, 32, looked on course for his fourth ATP final when he won the first set in Marrakech.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">However, world number 82 Baena fought back to beat 30th-ranked Evans 2-6 6-4 6-2 and reach Sunday&#8217;s final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Elsewhere, Britain&#8217;s Francesca Jones was beaten in her first WTA semi-final by Tatjana Maria at the Copa Colsanita.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">Jones, 22, was beaten 6-3 6-4 by Germany&#8217;s defending champion Maria either side of a lengthy rain delay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">Before travelling to Morocco, Evans had been on a six-match losing streak since winning in the second round of the Australian Open in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">The Briton&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/55965210\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.$link-2.0\">only ATP title came at Melbourne&#8217;s Murray River Open<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.3\"> in February 2021 and his other two finals also came on the 250 Series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">Baena, who won the 2018 Ecuador Open in his only previous ATP final, will now play Alexandre Muller of France, ranked 126th in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">Elsewhere, world number five Casper Ruud reached his first final of the season at the Estoril Open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">Norway&#8217;s Ruud, runner-up at last year&#8217;s French and US Opens, beat France&#8217;s Quentin Halys 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-2) to set up a final against Miomir Kecmanovic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media gs-u-mb-alt+ qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$image-13\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:11.875%;\" data-reactid=\".2zywz1blpa.0.0.0.1.$image-13.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/94AD\/production\/_127816083_bbc_header_grey_8-1x-1.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, 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