Federer survives Roberto Bautista Agut

Roger Federer had to work hard to reach the quarters in Shanghai.

After beating Daniil Medvedev in 3 sets, Roger found the solution again at the very end also against Roberto Bautista Agut in the 3^rd round.

Similarly to the Russian, the Spaniard was also playing fantastic tennis against the seed no.1. In fact, after losing the first set (6-4), Roberto impressed in the second set after he broke Federer twice (and the court is very fast) before winning 6-2.

Roger and Roberto went toe to toe for the entire 3^rd set, but once again the Maestro found the solution at the very end when he broke the Spaniard in the 9^th game before winning 6-4 2-6 6-4.

It was crucial being calm. FEDERER

Soon after the match, Roger commented

“I’m actually quite happy. I thought that Bautista really had to raise his level of play in that second set to stay with me. I mean, he really caught fire, I thought. I served, I think, 80 percent in that second set and got broken twice…

At the end, he got tight. I’m happy that, because of my match yesterday, I was able to stay maybe calmer, even this time around, and come up with a really good game to break at 4-4 and then serve it out was great. I was very happy.”

Next vs. Nishikori

Roger will face Kei Nishikori in the quarters. The head to head is 5-2 for Roger, but 1-all on hard courts.