Second seed Roberto Bautista Agut escaped from the brink of defeat on Wednesday at the BMW Open by FWU, rallying from 3-5 in the deciding set to reach the quarter-finals over Marius Copil 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-5. The Romanian Copil captured the lone break of serve in the opening set at 2-2, but Bautista Agut came back from an early break down in the second set and dominated the tie-break to force a decider. Copil served for the match at 5-3 in the final set and came within two points of winning, but the Spaniard fought back to win the final four games and prevail in two hours and 28 minutes. He improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Copil to 2-0...
CROATIA 2, SPAIN 3 Venue: Gradski Vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia (hard - indoor) No Rafael Nadal, no David Ferrer, no problem for Spain. The European nation overcame a 1-2 deficit to advance to the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2012. Roberto Bautista Agut survived Franko Skugor 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(6) in the fourth rubber, followed by a 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-4 victory for Pablo Carreno Busta over Nikola Mektic in the decider. "I felt a lot of pressure closing out the match but I kept going," said Bautista Agut. "It was a tough tie-break but I closed it. It's much more difficult in the Davis Cup. The crowd is supporting them a lot, but these are good things...
Roberto Bautista Agut added a fifth ATP World Tour title to his trophy cabinet, beating 20-year-old Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 in the Aircel Chennai Open final on Sunday. The World No. 14 is now 5-6 in finals, with Chennai added to his Sofia (2016), Auckland (2016), Stuttgart (2014) and s-Hertogenbosch (2014) titles. “I think it’s a great tournament and that’s why it’s my fifth time in a row coming here,” said Bautista Agut. “This tournament has helped me a lot to get into the Top 50 players [in the world]. I’m a much better player now than five years ago. I have more experience and I’ve improved a lot of things. “There are a lot of tournaments and a...
Roberto Bautista Agut fought back from deficits in the second and deciding sets to beat 2008 champion Mikhail Youzhny on Friday for a place in the Aircel Chennai Open semi-finals. Second seed Bautista Agut, who is bidding to capture his fifth ATP World Tour title this week, triumphed 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 over seventh seed Youzhny in just over two hours. Bautista Agut recovered from a set and 1-4 deficit, then a 1-3 deficit in the deciding set. He also saved two break points when he served for the match at 5-4, and will next play fifth seed Benoit Paire for a place in his second Chennai final (also 2013). Youzhny, who came into the ATP World Tour 250 tournament on...
