Overview
- Baez defeated Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 in 3 hours 11 minutes to open his campaign in Melbourne.
- He will face Italy’s Luciano Darderi next after Darderi beat Cristian Garin in straight sets.
- The Cerúndolo brothers upset eighth seeds Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the men’s doubles first round.
- Tomás Etcheverry and Camilo Ugo Carabelli topped Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-4, setting up an all-Argentine second-round doubles clash with the Cerúndolos.
- Argentina’s singles tally after the first round stands at five through and four out, with Báez joining the winners’ column.