The upper part of the frame Masters 1000 ATP de Indian Wells It promised strong emotions, and they are being a reality from the beginning. Before the great comeback Reef Nadal before the American Sebastian Korda6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (3), also Robert Baptist He had avoided the KO, in his case with a couple of ‘match’ balls that went back to another American, JJ Wolf.
The Castellón native, 33 years old and world number 15, beat his opponent by 6-3, 6-7 (3) and 7-6 (5) in 3h.17′. He got into trouble letting go of a 3-0 lead in the second set. He reacted to the rest with 4-5. I raised the two match balls to finally become strong in the last tiebreak against a Wolf from the previous phase.
Bautista thus specified the first ATP duel with his recent teammate Davis Cup and not infrequently of training, Carlos Alcaraz, that on the second occasion he premiered his locker of victories in the Californian desert. He beat another American 6-3, 6-3, Mackenzie McDonald.
The Murcian, 18 years old and number 19, arrives on a roll. They are seven consecutive games won between the title in the Rio ATP 500the Davis Cup debut in Marbella and the debut at Indian Wells 2022.
The best of Alcaraz-Bautista will collide in the second round with the Russian Daniil Medvedevwho needs to reach the quarterfinals to maintain the world number 1 and not return to the absent Novak Djokovic, or the French Gael Monfils.
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