{"id":383085,"date":"2026-01-02T06:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383085\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T06:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:43:07","slug":"sebastian-baez-clinches-opening-united-cup-win-for-argentina-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383085\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Baez clinches opening United Cup win for Argentina | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        United Cup<br \/>\n    Baez clinches opening United Cup win for Argentina<\/p>\n<p>Argentine earns victory on tournament debut<\/p>\n<p>January 02, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Janelle St Pierre\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>        Sebastian Baez in action at the United Cup on Friday.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p>In the first match of the 2026 ATP Tour season, World No. 45 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/sebastian-baez\/b0bi\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Baez<\/a> defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jaume-munar\/mu94\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaume Munar<\/a> to give Argentina a 1-0 lead over Spain on Day 1 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/scores\/archive\/perth-sydney\/9900\/2026\/results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Cup<\/a> in Perth Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Making his debut at the mixed teams event, the 24-year-old recorded a 6-4, 6-4 win against the Spaniard in one hour and 43 minutes in the Group A tie. With the victory, he improved to 2-0 in the pair\u2019s Lexus ATP Head2Head series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoyed this moment, enjoyed the time on court, so happy to [have] won this point for Argentina,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/apps?utm_source=atp&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=app_banner\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/-\/media\/&#10;9333ed00493246e6a2ad692fa18710b7.ashx\" alt=\"The Official App Of Tennis | Download ATP WTA Live App\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After both players traded breaks early in the first set, Baez gained control at 4-4 by breaking Munar and serving out the set in the following game. In the second set, the Argentine showed great composure again by breaking back, immediately after losing serve, for a 4-3 lead. He saved four of the six break points he faced in the match, according to Infosys ATP Stats. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy because I am recovering from some pain and some injuries from the past two years. So, of course, I want more. I know I have more. I have some confidence and I believe in my team and in my country,\u201d Baez shared.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, the Argentine secured his first Top 50 win since defeating then-No. 46 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/mariano-navone\/n0bs\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mariano Navone<\/a> on his way to the title in Rio last February.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"United Cup Baez clinches opening United Cup win for Argentina Argentine earns victory on tournament debut January 02,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-383085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}