What a great week for Roberto Bautista Agut!
The Spaniard is definitely not the finest player on grass, but he has still managed to win the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
Roberto had to face world no. 83 Benjamin Becker that was playing a great tournament in The Netherlands to reach a surprising final.
The German won the opening set 6-2 after breaking Roberto twice in the 3rd (2-1) and 5th (4-1) game. Then Bautista-Agut regrouped to win the second set at the breaker. The only difference between these two in the decider was the just 1 break for the Spaniard in the 3rd game (2-1) that gave the first title to Roberto. The final score was 2-6 7-6 (2) 6-4. Match Stats
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The match lasted 2 hours. Both players scored 89 points. Becker had to rely on a strong serve (13 aces) while Bautista-Agut fired just 2 aces. Becker had a great 100% break points conversion rate (2 out of 2), while the Spaniard broke his opponent only once (4 break points).
Now ranked world no.28, Bautista Agut will be ranked no.23 after this week.
Bautista-Agut: It took time to recover from yesterday’s match
The Spaniard admitted he was struggling form a physical point of view “It took me a while to recover from a very long match yesterday and I was getting better and better after the first set. I was more focused and started to feel better physically. I was trying to not think too much and play my game point by point. It was the same nervousness as every match. I played calm and aggressive in the last game. I had to celebrate hard (after match point) and enjoy the moment.”
