He had no choice. The result was too cruel with the Buenos Aires player Sebastian Baezbut also creditable with the relentless performance of the Italian Jannik Sinnerwhich confirmed its great moment to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open after barely having allowed the Argentine will take four games.
The triumph of the European, fourth in the ATP world ranking, was with partials of 6-0, 6-1 and 6-3 in one hour and 52 minutes of play.
There is only one Argentine left in the singles draw and he is Tomás Martín Etcheverrywho around 5:00 in the morning on Friday will have the tough mission of facing the number 1 in the ranking, the Serbian Novak Djokovic.
After starting 2024 with two defeats in the first round, it was a gift for Báez to achieve two consecutive wins that allowed him to equal his best result in a Grand Slam (third round at the 2023 US Open).
The 23-year-old from Buenos Aires maintained his negative record when he faced rivals who were within the Top Ten of the world ranking. He could only win once in 14 matches: it was against Rublev (8th) in Bastad 2022.
The Argentine will now focus on his return to the Davis Cup, when he joins the team that will receive in Rosario Lithuaniain search of taking the first step towards the 2024 Finals. Etcheverry and Francisco Cerúndolo are the other singles players mentioned by captain Guillermo Coria.