The one from Castellón Roberto Bautista He extended his good streak on Wednesday and, after adding against the Norwegian Casper Ruudsecond favorite, his sixth straight victory, reached the second round of the Basel tournament, where he will face the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
Bautista, champion on Sunday in Antwerp, achieved another prestigious victory by defeating the eighth-best ranked player in the ATP rankings, Casper Ruudwhich he overcame 6-3, 3-6 and 6-3in two hours and five minutes.
A third victory in four meetings against the Norwegian put Bautista, now 45th in the ATP rankings, into the second round of Basel and left the Scandinavian halfway through, still in a rut.
Ruud has won just one of his last five games. Due to his defeat in the Laver Cup against the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo, he lost in the first round in Tokyo against the Australian Jordan Thompson and in Shanghai, with the oceanic Vukuc. In Stockholm he fell against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor after losing to the Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
Source: La Verdad
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