Surprising Basilashvili claims the title. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

Nikoloz Basilashvili gets the better of Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(5) 6-2 in the final in Doha on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This is the first time that Nikoloz conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the quarter.

Doha

Basilashvili's Record

Basilashvili added $ 17,180 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 68,520 in total after conquering this tournament.

Basilashvili was elated about the result. He commented:

“I am somehow managing to play good in tougher conditions and tougher matches.
This tournament was one of the toughest ATP 250s I have ever seen, probably. We had three Top 10 players. It is interesting why I am playing good in the big tournaments and big matches. It is surprising. At the same time, [I am] happy.”

Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Roberto Bautista Agut Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Basilashvili

Agut

7-6⁵ 6-2
1h:28

69

69

Total points

55

55

26

26

Winners

30

30

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

55%

55%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

2

2

1

1

Double Faults

0

0

56%

56%

1st in

79%

79%

74%

74%

1st won

61%

61%

26/35

26/35

1st won

30/49

30/49

63%

63%

2nd won

46%

46%

17/27

17/27

2nd won

6/13

6/13

-- Break Points --

2/2

2/2

Total

0/0

0/0

100%

100%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, the Georgean scored 69 points vs. Roberto’s 55.

Basilashvili

Basilashvili was exceptional in converting all the break points (2/2).

Bautista-Agut

On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The Georgean was just to good and the Spaniard had no opportunity to win this match.

After this match, the head to head between Basilashvili and Bautista-Agut is 2-3 for Roberto.

This was the 4^th career title for Nikoloz. He won the previous titles in Doha. (see list of the title). Bautista-Agut remains with 9^th titles. (see list of the title)

Live score progression and stats

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Basilashvili won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

The Georgean won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (2-2), 5^th (3-2), 8^th (5-3) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Roberto won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 3^rd (2-1), 6^th (3-3) and 11^th (5-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

They played 79 points. Nikoloz conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Spaniard (43-36). Basilashvili lost 11 points on serve (27-11). On the losing side, Roberto conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).

Basilashvili in this set was more solid than the Spaniard and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Bautista-Agut in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

The Spaniard was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

They contested 45 points. Nikoloz was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Bautista-Agut (28-17). The Georgean lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, Roberto conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).