Báez played his worst match of the year, left the Miami Open disappointed and extended his losing streak at the Masters 1000

Full of errors, Sebastián Báez (52nd in the world) suffered the toughest defeat of the season. The 25-year-old finalist from Auckland at the beginning of the year was just a shadow at the premiere of the Masters 1000 in Miami and said goodbye unexpectedly in the blink of an eye. The Australian Adam Walton (85th) showed him the way out with partials of 6-2 and 6-2.

Coming from the classification, where he beat Chris Rodesch and Rinky Hijikata, respectively, the Oceanic won the fight against the Argentine from the back of the field and dictated the surprise in stadium number six of the American complex. Faced with an inconsistent and insecure Albiceleste like never before in the current calendar, He limited himself to waiting for his rival’s constant mistakes and advanced to the second round with energy savings.

The player aussiedefeated by Carlos Alcaraz in the debut of the Australian Open -first Grand Slam of the year-, He celebrated only his third ATP victory in 2026. He had only won one match in Delray Beach and another in Indian Wells.

Báez could not assert his service, He made bad decisions with all their impacts and looked totally confusedsufficient reasons to quickly say goodbye to the second Masters 1000 of 2026.

In this way, the pupil of Sebastián Gutiérrez, semi-finalist in Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile on the South American tour, continues without being able to win a match or a set at the Miami Open in five appearancesafter failed attempts in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The Argentine, former 18th in the ATP ranking, had just reached the third round in Indian Wells (he was eliminated by Daniil Medvedev) and arrived emboldened by great performances on hard courts.

On this occasion, however, and in tune with the bad weather in Florida, Báez did not wake up, committed 28 unforced errors and barely won 17 points from the baseline. Thus, full of doubts and disappointment, he left the United States. Walton will go vs. Jakub Mensik (13th).

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