Overview
- Mensik beat Báez 6-3, 7-6 (7) in 1 hour 22 minutes to win the ATP 250 final in Auckland.
- The champion saved three set points in the second-set tiebreak to close out the match in straight sets.
- He fired 18 aces and dominated behind his first serve, which proved decisive against Báez.
- The result halted Báez’s seven-match winning start to 2026 after a run that included wins over Emilio Nava, Jenson Brooksby, Ben Shelton and Marcos Girón.
- Báez now turns to the Australian Open, where he is slated to face Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard and has a planned doubles appearance with Francisco Comesaña.