On Monday afternoon, Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Roman Safiullin 6-3, 7-6 (8). Next up for him is No. 7 seed Karen Khachanov.
Roberto Bautista Agut, a Spanish wildcard, defeated Roman Safiullin of Russia 6-3, 7-6 (8) on Monday to move on to the second round of the Barcelona Open at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.
It was a fitting birthday present for the Spanish national, who turned 36 on Sunday.
Next up is No. 84 Bautista Agut against No. 7 seed Karen Khachanov.
Barcelona ATP 500, additional first-round matches (Clay, EUR 2,782,960; Real Club de Tenis Barcelona):
5–5 ret. Matteo Arnaldi defeated Arthur Cazaux.Daniel Evans was defeated by Brandon Nakashima 7-6(5), 6-2.Daniel Rincon (WC) was defeated by Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-1, 6-4.Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jaume MunarDusan Lajovic versus Diego Schwartzman
Juncheng Shang versus Tomas Machac
Alexei Popyrin against Daniel Altmaier
Rafael Nadal vs. Flavio Cobolli
Bob Carballes vs. Hugo Grenier Baena
Zhizhen Zhang versus Luca Van Assche
Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Alexandre Muller
Sebastian Ofner versus Pavel Kotov
Jack Nicholson versus Martin Landaluce
Pedro Cachin vs. Harold Mayot
Marco Trungelliti versus Duje Ajdukovic