MADRID, 22 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista extended his winning streak in his debut this Tuesday at the Dubai tournament, scoring for the ATP and which is played on a hard court, while Jaume Munar and Carlos Taberner also made their debut successfully on clay in Santiago From Chile.
The man from Castellón conquered the title in Doha last Saturday and began his next objective with a solid victory against Frenchman Arthur Rindkernech, whom he beat in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in just over an hour to meet in the round of 16 with the Czech Jiri Vesely, who surprised the Croatian veteran Marin Cilic.
Bautista, the eighth favorite in Dubai, had a very firm match, especially on serve, with which he did not concede any break balls to his rival, while he managed to take advantage of his opportunities to the rest to achieve two key breaks, one in each sleeve.
On the other hand, his compatriot Alejandro Davidovich was not so lucky, who returned to fight for a quality victory against a rival like the Italian Jannik Sinner against whom he had a set advantage, a break up in the second and three match points before to fall 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3.
The man from Malaga started very well against the fourth seed and won the first set thanks to a break with 5-4. The Spaniard did not let up and broke again to take a 4-2 lead in the second set, but Sinner knew how to react instantly to recover the deficit. The equality took the set to the ‘tie-break’ and there Davidovich did not take advantage of a 6/3 and three match points. The Italian came out unscathed and sentenced in a third sleeve where he did not give options.
On the other hand, in the Santiago tournament, Spaniards Jaume Munar and Carlos Taberner advanced to the second round after beating Colombian Daniel Elahi Galán (6-1, 6-3) and Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo (6-2, 7). -5), respectively. His compatriots Pedro Martínez and Albert Ramos will be his next rivals.