Roberto Bautista Agut victorious over Frances Tiafoe 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Bautista-Agut will fight against Miomir Kecmanovic in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Bautista-Agut conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Tiafoe had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Bautista-Agut in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Francis to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
3rd set.
Bautista-Agut had a racing start in this set after breaking Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Spaniard improved his lead after breaking the American in the 6th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Roberto scored 78 points vs. Tiafoe’s 70 points.
Roberto was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4). On the other side, Francis wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 14% of his break points (1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Bautista-Agut and Tiafoe is 1-0 for Roberto.
Next Match: Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Miomir Kecmanovic – H2H and stats
Bautista-Agut will compete against Kecmanovic in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Roberto Bautista Agut and Miomir Kecmanovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.