In his second fight after more than a month KO due to injury to his right wrist, the Spaniard Robert Baptist he was victorious from the confrontation against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (6-7 (5), 6-4 and 6-2) to reach the quarterfinals of Halle ATP where the russian waits Daniel Medvedevfirst favorite.
Bautista completed his first victory after the illness that separated him from the tournament in Rome and Roland Garros. The clash did not end in the first round because his opponent, Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, retired midway through the second set.
This time, the Spaniard, the 20th player in the world who started as the seventh seed, had to stop his rival and react after losing in the first set. He silenced the Dutchman and reversed the situation to end the victory after two hours.
He spent several minutes on the Roberto Bautista court in search of activation for Wimbledon. The tennis player from Castellón already knows what it means to win on the grass, and among his ten titles he won on the grass in Bolduque eight seasons ago.
This course extended his harvest to Doha the Spaniard who will be his next obstacle, in the quarterfinals, the number one in the world, the Russian Daniil Medvedev who fulfilled his promise to the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (7-6 ( 4) and 6- 3).
Russian Karen Khachanov, seeded eighth, who defeated Serbian Laslo Djere 7-6 (4) and 6-4, and German Oscar Otte, who had to defeat Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili by 4-6, 6 -0 and 7- 6 (3). The duel between Khachanov and Otte completed the quarterfinal pairings of the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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