Roberto Bautista Agut upsets Felix Auger-Aliassime 3-6 6-2 7-6(6) in the quarter in Antwerp on Friday. Bautista Agut will seek to keep on going in this event against Hugo Gaston in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 15,140 after conquering this match. He has already won € 36,000 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Bautista Agut will add € 25,235 to his earnings to get in total € 61,235.
Highlights Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:42
Roberto won this match even if he scored the same amount of points of the Canadian (105 vs. 105).
Bautista Agut
Roberto won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, Felix was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Bautista Agut and Auger-Aliassime is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Hugo Gaston – stats
Bautista Agut will square off with Gaston in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Roberto Bautista Agut and Hugo Gaston since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Auger-Aliassime grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The Canadian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Roberto was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They contested 72 points. The Canadian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Spaniard (38-34). Auger-Aliassime surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Bautista Agut had a great start in this set after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Bautista Agut managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Auger-Aliassime in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Bautista Agut converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Felix wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 59 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Auger-Aliassime (33-26). Roberto lost 8 points on serve (17-8). On the other side, Felix conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
The Spaniard won the set after he broke Auger-Aliassime in the 8th (5-3) game. Felix tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, the Spaniard kept the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Roberto won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Felix won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (3-5) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Roberto converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). Also, on the other side, Auger-Aliassime converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 8th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Felix (38-41). The Spaniard conceded 17 points on serve (25-17). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Hugo GastonGaston – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 3-6 7-5)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4)
- Marcos GironGiron – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-2)
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (3-6 6-2 7-66)
Upcoming matches
- Marcos GironGiron – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Hugo GastonGaston – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H details and stats
