Roberto Bautista can’t get his head up. Since he retired at Wimbledon in the previous phases, he has not managed to get past the round of 16, both in Bastad, where he lost against Thiem, and now in Gstaad, where he fell to Varillas in two sets, 7-6 (3) and 7-5. , in a long meeting, two and a half hours, and very hard where in the end the Spanish could not against the Peruvian.
Otherwise go Jaume Munar and Pedro Martínez who continue to shine in Switzerland. Both in the individual box and in the group, the two Spaniards continue to achieve victories, being in the quarterfinals of the draws in Gstaad, which ends this Sunday, July 24.
In the doubles section, the Spanish couple won in an hour and a half against Aleksandr Nedovésov and Aisam-ul-Haq-Quereshi in two sets, 7-6 (5) and 6-3. It was in the first, which lasted 55 minutes, the most fought. After Jaume and Pedro broke, the couple did not lose the match until the tie at five, and that their rivals were able to win the first set, but in the end they were able to tie at six and win the tie-breakwhere they had to come back, but they took the tiebreaker 7-5 and the first set to the sack.
Already in the second the Spanish knew how to solve faster, half an hour, and where once again, they went ahead with a hat-trick and had no rival to end up taking the second set 6-3, and the pass to the quarterfinals, where they already have rivals, the couple made up of Robin Haase and Philipp Oswald.
There are many Spaniards in this tournament and the last to play was Albert Ramos Viñolas, who this afternoon won in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, against Dominic Stricker. In two hours he has beaten the Swiss player who was playing at home and completes the draw for the quarterfinals, since tomorrow he will face Nicolás Jarry who beat Hanfmann in straight sets, both at tie-break.
Although the thing is not here for this couple. Yesterday, July 20, Munar triumphed in the round of 16, beating Alexander Ritschard in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. His next rival is Casper Ruud, last year’s champion who is coming to defend the title. They play tomorrow, July 22. Same day also his match Pedro, who before playing the doubles match, has won in three sets, 7-5 1-6 and 6-2, against Elias Ymer. His opponent in the quarterfinals is against Matteo Berrettini.
The other side of the coin was won in doubles by David Vega and Rafael Matos, the Spanish-Brazilian couple lost to Francisco Cabral and Tomislav Brkric in three sets, 6-3, 6-7 (3) and 8-10. The ATP champions Bastad could not get past the round of 16 and are already thinking about the next tournament.
