The rain passed, tennis could be played in Miami and one of the first to take to the court this Saturday was
Sebastián Báez,
19th in the world, who showed a pale version compared to the outstanding performance he had on the clay. South American.
It's a different story on hard courts and the Argentine said goodbye with a resounding 6-3, 6-2 defeat against German
Dominik Koepfer
(50th).
He had just suffered an even more crushing defeat last week, a 6-2 double against Taylor Fritz in his second match played in Indian Wells, and now he fell in his debut.
Báez failed to counteract the power of his rival and said goodbye to the
Miami Masters 1000
in one hour and seven minutes of play.
He seemed uncomfortable and could only gradually show off with his best blows.
Now you will focus again on the slow surface.
He is expected to return to competition during the first week of April for the ATP 250 in Estoril and will continue with the tournament tour of Europe that will include the M1000 in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome and will conclude at Roland Garros.
In another match of the day,
Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Andy Murray play in the resumption of the match that had to be suspended due to rain on Friday.
They were 3-3 before the stoppage.
The Scot took a tight first set in a
tiebreak
and is fighting to get revenge on the Argentine, who beat him the last two times they faced each other and dominates the
head to head
2-1.
Later
Francisco Cerúndolo
will face the Austrian Sebastian Ofner, while some of the big favorites for the title such as
Carlos Alcaraz,
Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev will also take to the court.
Meanwhile,
Jannik Sinner
won the first set against Andrea Vavassori and is on his way to a new victory.
And among the women,
Iga Swiatek,
the best tennis player in the world, will see action.