The Argentines Sebastian Baez y Francisco grocery store They debuted with triumph in the ATP 250 de Auckland. The presentation of Tomás Etcheverry, Camilo Ugo Carabells y Mariano Navone. In it Hobart WTA, Solana Sierra qualified for the round of 16. The New Zealand competition can be seen on Disney Plus y TennisTVthe official streaming platform of the ATP.
With confidence on the rise due to the outstanding start to 2026 that he showed in the United Cup, Sebastián Báez, Ranked 39th in the world, he achieved high-impact wins against the American Taylor Fritz (9th), Spanish James Differences (38°) and the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (139°). Furthermore, in the early hours of Monday morning it reached his best record of consecutive victories at the start of a season on the ATP Tour, with a total of four so far.
The Buenos Aires native who is not a specialist on hard courts and who knew how to become champion seven times, being the active Argentine tennis player with the most titles achieved in the Estoril ATP in 2022; Winston–Salem, Kitzbühel y Córdoba in 2023; River and Santiago in 2024, and again in Río In 2025, he appeared in the New Zealand competition with a victory against the American Emilio Nava (88th) with a score of 4-6, 7-5 and 6-3.
After the match, Báez took a few minutes to thank the public for their support, who remained in the stands until after midnight. The Argentine highlighted the support received throughout the day and especially valued the encouragement in a demanding match. Furthermore, he highlighted the work behind this present, pointing out that the victory was the result of a sustained process and the victories obtained in the previous week.
Visibly satisfied, he expressed his happiness for the moment he is going through, although he made it clear that his objectives go further and that his ambition is to continue growing and achieving new achievements.
In search of the quarterfinals, the albiceleste will face the American Jenson Brooksby (48°), local verdugo James Watt (89th) by 6-4 and 6-3.
Francisco Comesaña (68th) stepped strongly in his debut on the courts of Auckland. The man from Mar del Plata achieved his first victory of the year, having just lost in the opening round in the ATP de Hong Kong, when surpassing in sets runs to the French Valentin Royer (57th) for a double 6-4.
grocery storewho has hit ten aces and not faced any opportunity to break his serve, something unprecedented in his career on the circuit in a complete match, will have a tough obstacle in the round of 16, when he faces the Californian Taylor Fritzwho advanced directly to that instance by being the first seed.
This Monday we expect the debut of Camilo Ugo Carabells (47th) against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (81st), champion in Auckland in 2024. The match is scheduled for the first shift on the center court, no earlier than 7:30 p.m. (Argentine time).
Mariano Navone (74th) will face the American Alex Michelsen (37°) on the Grandstand, not before 20:00. While Tomas Etcheverry (61st) will play with the Portuguese Nuno Borges (46th) in the last shift of the main court in the early hours of Tuesday, around 4:30.
Solana Sierrawho is ranked 64th in the WTA ranking, in the first round of Hobart achieved victory by beating the American Caty McNally (59th) by 1-6, 6-4 and 6-1. In the round of 16, the Mar del Plata player will face the Croatian Antonia Ruzic (71st): comes from beating the Colombian Emiliana Arango (50°) by 7-5 and 6-1.
