The Spanish Roberto Bautista the Italian lost Lorenzo Sonego (6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4) and would return to the third round of Wimbledon three years later.
The man from Castellón won a match that was delayed by two hours due to rain and suffered several stoppages due to the weather in London, but in which he was always in control of the Italian, desperate for his mistakes at key moments .
Bautista, who has not won two consecutive Grand Slam matches since the Australian Open in 2023, was accurate in saving the six break points he faced in the first set and capitalized on the only one he had.
Sonegowho reached the round of 16 in this tournament in 2021, reacted in the second, after losing three more breaking points and tied the match, but Baptist He accelerated in the third and did not waver even though the rain delayed his match when he was serving to reach two sets to one up.
The break even benefited the Spaniard, who won the three games after that and amassed an advantage that Sonego threatened to overcome, without success.
Bautista, who is only one set into this third round, now faces the surprising Fabio Fognini, who at 37 years old eliminated the grass-allergic Casper Ruud to reach this stage of the tournament for the first time in three years.
Bautista and Fognini They have met ten times in their career, with seven wins for the transalpine and three for the Spanish.
Source: La Verdad
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