Roberto Bautistatwenty-fourth favorite of the Australian Open, lost the final in Adelaide on Saturday with the South Korean Kwon and a day later he was already training on the slopes of Melbourne Park.
There was no time to waste thinking about his tournament debut. The first round of him against Joao Sousa was scheduled for Tuesday, but the match was suspended due to rain with a result of a set advantage for Dani Gimeno’s pupil.
In the restart, Bautista did not give his rival a chance to close a favorable score of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2. The man from Castellón, who will face the American ‘qualifier’ Brandon Holt, accumulates four years without failing in the third round of the Open. At 34, he lives a second youth and finds his best tennis in a month of January that has seen him win four titles: Auckland (2), Chennai and Doha. .
