The Castellón tennis player Roberto Bautista was left out of the final of the exhibition tournament that takes place in Berlin after losing to the Italian Jannick Sinner in two sets (7-6 (5) and 6-2). Bautista, the most active Spanish player in the preparation competitions before the resumption of the season after the stoppage by the coronavirus, was overtaken by the young transalpine tennis player of eighteen years and already installed at number 73 in the ATP ranking.
Roberto Bautista He dominated the first set that he had on track with 3-1 but could not stop the reaction of his rival, which brought the outcome of the crash played on hard court to the 'tie break', where the sleeve was scored. Sinner took control of the game and took advantage of the Spanish downturn in the second set to close the victory after an hour and a half.
The Italian player will play the final against the Austrian Dominic Thiem, number 3 of the ATP ranking, which was imposed on the German Tommy Haas, 42 years old and already out of the professional circuit, by a score of 7-6 (4) and 6-3 in 94 minutes of play. The German, once one of the most talented tennis players in the ATP, faced his rival in the first round but then could not contain the high pace of the Austrian game, who has before him the possibility of winning again in Berlin as he already did on grass last Wednesday (this time on hard court).