Bautista Agut battles to reach French Open 2nd round
Monday - May 28, 2018 10:02 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Bautista Agut battles to reach French Open 2nd round
Paris May 28 (IANS) Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain fought hard on Monday to defeat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round of the French Open 6-2 6-7 (3) 1-6 6-4 6-4.
After a marathon match lasting three and a half hours the World No. 13 secured the win over to his unseeded rival World No. 100 to advance to the second round reports Efe.
Bautista has started in Paris with professionalism working to overcome his mother s sudden death just one week ago.
In the next round the Spanish player will face Colombia s Santiago Giraldo who qualified for the second round after the withdrawal of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis.
--IANS gau/bg
After a marathon match lasting three and a half hours the World No. 13 secured the win over to his unseeded rival World No. 100 to advance to the second round reports Efe.
Bautista has started in Paris with professionalism working to overcome his mother s sudden death just one week ago.
In the next round the Spanish player will face Colombia s Santiago Giraldo who qualified for the second round after the withdrawal of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis.
--IANS gau/bg
