The Spanish Roberto Bautistawho reached the semifinals in 2021, was sealed in the first round against the Russian Roman Safiullin (2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-4 and 7-5) in a match that had to be suspended due to lack of light on Monday.
Baptist He went to the changing rooms on Monday with a two sets to one advantage and the match was postponed until Tuesday due to lack of light. Yesterday could not play, because of the rain, and in the continuation of this Wednesday, the man from Castellón fell on a stage where he reached the semifinals two years ago and where he had very good expectations, after making the semifinals in Hello two weeks ago.
however, Baptist he completely lost his way after the restart and was unable to break the Russian’s serve once in the last two sets. After suffering a spectacular fall in his last chance, with a 15-30 favor in the final game, where he could have forced a final supertiebreak, fill in he scored the last two points and sentenced the game and to a Bautista who will now start thinking about the American cement tour.
Safiullin will face the French in the second round Corentin Moutetwho will be in three sets with his compatriot Richard Gasquet.
Source: La Verdad
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