Roberto Bautista Agut tops Karen Khachanov 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York on Tuesday. Bautista-Agut will square off with Daniil Medvedev in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Khachanov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Roberto was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 74 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Roberto (40-34). Khachanov lost 13 points on serve (25-13). On the losing side, Roberto conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Bautista-Agut enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for the Spaniard to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Roberto converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 52 points. Roberto was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Russian (30-22). The Spaniard dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). On the losing side, Khachanov conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Bautista-Agut had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0). The Spaniard reinforced his lead after breaking Khachanov in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Bautista-Agut was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, Roberto didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Bautista-Agut was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Karen (28-16). Roberto dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Karen conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Roberto will add to his prize money $ 25,250 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 98,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 25,500 to his earnings to earn $ 124,000 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Bautista-Agut scored 92 points vs. Khachanov’s 78.
Roberto served pretty well to win 88% of the points (49/56) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 29% points (9/31) on his second serve. Roberto won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Russian was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Bautista-Agut and Khachanov is 5-2 for Roberto.
Highlights Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov Western & Southern Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Bautista-Agut will take on Medvedev in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Daniil Medvedev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bautista-Agut won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Chennai back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in New York
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – John IsnerIsner (7-62 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Andy MurrayMurray (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
