Bautista Agut overturns Lehecka in Kitzbühel
Roberto Bautista Agut edged out Jiri Lehecka 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll play No 5 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the next round
Caption: Aug 12, 2021; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain returns a ball to Diego Schwartzman of Argentina (not pictured) at Aviva Centre.
Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 3 seed, reached the last four of the Generali Open by edging out Czech Jiri Lehecka 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 at Kitzbühel Tennis Club on Thursday afternoon.
Bautista Agut, ranked No 20, will play No 5 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas next.
Ahead of his victory, the 34-year-old Spaniard won against Austrian wildcard Jurij Rodionov (6-1, 6-4).
Lehecka, ranked No 68, defeated Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (7-6 (6), 6-4) and Portuguese João Sousa, the No 8 seed (7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Kitzbuhel.
Kitzbühel ATP 250, other last eight matches (Kitzbühel Tennis Club, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Dominic Thiem vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Filip Misolic vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Pedro Martinez (7): 6-4, 6-2
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