Barcelona Open: Bautista Agut reaches second round, to meet Khachanov
Roberto Bautista Agut won against Roman Safiullin 6-3, 7-6 (8) on Monday afternoon. He’ll face No 7 seed Karen Khachanov in the next round
Roberto Bautista Agut, Madrid 2022 – © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Spanish wildcard Roberto Bautista Agut won against Russian Roman Safiullin 6-3, 7-6 (8) to advance to the second round of the Barcelona Open at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Monday.
It was a good birthday gift for the Spaniard, who turned 36 years old on Sunday.
Bautista Agut, ranked No 84, will play No 7 seed Karen Khachanov next.
Barcelona ATP 500, other first-round matches (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2,782,960):
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Arthur Cazaux: 5-5 ret.
- Brandon Nakashima beat Daniel Evans: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Daniel Rincon (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Jaume Munar vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Tomas Machac vs. Juncheng Shang
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Rafael Nadal
- Hugo Grenier vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Luca Van Assche vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Alexandre Muller vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Pavel Kotov vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Nick Hardt vs. Martin Landaluce
- Harold Mayot vs. Pedro Cachin
- Duje Ajdukovic vs. Marco Trungelliti
