Roberto Bautista Agut wins against Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Bautista-Agut will fight against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. Bautista-Agut won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Bautista-Agut added to his prize money $ 14,400 after winning this match. He has won already $ 51,340 after this win. If he wins the next match, Roberto will add $ 17,180 to his earnings to get in total $ 68,520 in total.
Bautista-Agut was pleased about the outcome of the contest. He commented:
“This court and tournament are one of my favorites. I played one of my best matches here in Qatar two years ago, and I hope I can win one more match tomorrow.”
Highlights Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Andrey Rublev Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 62 points vs. the Russian’s 46.
Bautista-Agut
Bautista-Agut was well focused in converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Rublev
On the other side, the Russian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bautista-Agut and Rublev is 3-2 for Roberto.
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats
Bautista-Agut will take on Basilashvili in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Nikoloz Basilashvili play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), but Basilashvili has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Bautista-Agut conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Bautista-Agut was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Basilashvili in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for the Spaniard to win the set as Rublev managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Bautista-Agut maintained his focus to break the Russian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Andrey was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They contested 60 points. Bautista-Agut was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Andrey (33-27). Bautista-Agut surrendered 13 points on serve (17-13). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (3-1) – H2H details and stats