Australian Open: Baptist, first Spanish to enter second round in Australia, after defeating Feliciano Lpez

Tuesday,
twenty-one
January
2020

03:23

Tennis - Australian Open - First Round

Baptist, at a time of his duel before Feliciano.
KIM HONG-JI REUTERS

The Spanish Roberto Bautista (9) became the first Spanish to enter the second round of the Australian Open after beating comfortably his compatriot Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 6-2 and 7-5.

The Castellón, who reached the quarterfinals in 2019, completed his Official match number 300 on hard court, which served to extend to nine the streak of consecutive games won since the Croatian Nikola Mektic was imposed in the recent Davis Cup held in Madrid.

The game started in the morning of Monday but after the end of the first set was interrupted by heavy rains that lasted until the night and which forced to postpone the shock to this Tuesday.

In the case that Spanish Pablo Andjar imposed on the American Michael Mmoh, Baptist again have a compatriot in the second round.

According to the criteria of

The Trust Project

Know more