MADRID, Oct. 7 (EUROPA PRESS) – The Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista said goodbye this Friday to the Astana (Kazakhstan) tournament, in the ATP 500 category and played on a hard court, after falling in the quarterfinals against the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who will seek a place in the final against Serbian Novak Djokovic.
The player from Castellón, number 21 in the world, was unable to disturb the fourth racket in the world, who hit the ball directly to overwhelm his opponent with a 4-0 start in the opening set. With another break in the seventh game he closed the set in his favor.
Already in the second set, Medvedev dealt a double break to Bautista (4-0), who, although he responded with a ‘counterabreak’, could not prevent the Russian from winning the contest with a new break and on his second match point , after an hour and four minutes of play.
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Now, Medvedev, who recovers his spirits after a bad run of results, will meet Serbian Novak Djokovic, current number seven in the world, who defeated Russian Karen Khachanov in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) in the semifinals.
With information from EUROPE PRESS / CONFIRMADO.NET
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