Roberto Bautista-Agut

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The Swiss will next meet Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut, who beat two-time Wimbledon semi-finalist (2007, 2015) Richard Gasquet of France 6-1, 6-4. Federer is 8-0 against Bautista Agut, which includes a straight-sets win at 2015 Wimbledon, their only grass-court encounter. Bautista Agut has won only one of their 19 sets.

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Wimbledon19: 51. wygrany mecz w WS.

[23] Roberto Bautista Agut d. Peter Gojowczyk 6-3 6-2 6-3

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Wimbledon19: 12. wygrany mecz w londyńskim szlemie.

[23] Roberto Bautista Agut d. Steve Darcis 6-3 6-2 4-2 i krecz

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Bautista Agut Bounces Khachanov To March On At Wimbledon

Spoiler:

Paire battles through
Entering the season, Roberto Bautista Agut had never made a major quarter-final. But now, the No. 23 seed will have a chance to reach his second of the year after upsetting No. 10 seed Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-1 in the third round of Wimbledon on Friday.

Bautista Agut has proven a tough customer for World No. 9 Khachanov at the Grand Slams this year, having now defeated him in straight sets in Melbourne and London. The 31-year-old, a nine-time ATP Tour champion, proved too solid for the rising Russian, making only 11 unforced errors in the match, while also striking 28 winners. Khachanov hit the same number of winners, but made 14 more unforced errors in their one-hour, 53-minute clash.

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In the next round the Spaniard will face Benoit Paire, who wrestled away the momentum from Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely late in the third round en route to a 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-6(2) win over two hours and 45 minutes on Court 18. Paire, the No. 28 seed from France, struck 78 winners — including 19 aces — past Vesely, who had led by a set and 5/4 in the second-set tie-break.

The 30-year-old Paire, who advanced to the fourth round of a Grand Slam championship for the fourth time (also at 2017 Wimbledon), has lifted two ATP Tour trophies in 2019 at the Grand Prix Hassan II (d. Andujar) and at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon (d. Auger-Aliassime).

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Bautista Agut has won all six of the pair's previous FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings, with only two of those matches going past straight sets. One of those two battles came at The Championships in 2015, when Bautista Agut overcame a two-set deficit against the Frenchman to advance after two hours and 37 minutes.

There will be a lot at stake for both men, as they have combined to reach one Grand Slam quarter-final in 60 previous appearances. Paire is into the fourth round of a major for the fourth time.

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Wimbledon19: 2. wielkoszlemowy ćwierćfinał.


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[23] Roberto Bautista Agut d. [28] Benoit Paire 6-3 7-5 6-2

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Bautista Agut To Play Djokovic In Wimbledon Semi-finals

Spoiler:

Spaniard to meet World No. 1 Djokovic on Friday

Roberto Bautista Agut took his chances and recovered from a third-set let down on Wednesday at Wimbledon to book a place in his first Grand Slam championship semi-final.

The No. 23 seed from Spain lost his first set at the grass-court major, but won 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 over Argentine Guido Pella, the No. 26 seed, in three hours and eight minutes on No. 1 Court at the All England Club.

Bautista Agut is the sixth Spanish man to reach the semi-finals at The Championships, following in the footsteps of Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga (1921), Manuel Santana (1963, 1966), Andres Gimeno (1970), Manuel Orantes (1972) and Rafael Nadal (2006-08, 2010-11, 2018). Nadal plays American Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals later today.

Bautista Agut will now prepare to meet World No. 1 and four-time champion Novak Djokovic on Friday for a place in the Wimbledon final. Djokovic, who defeated No. 21 seed David Goffin of Belgium 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 in the last eight earlier on Wednesday afternoon, is 7-3 lifetime against Bautista Agut in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.

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By improving to a 28-11 match record in 2019 with a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals, Bautista Agut moves up to seventh position in the ATP Race To London for one of eight spots at the prestigious Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November. Buy Tickets Today

For 40 minutes, Bautista Agut’s ploy to run around his backhand to strike powerful forehands reaped dividends, as, on three occasions, he came within a point of a 4-1 advantage. But Pella worked his way back to 4-4 by clinching his sixth break point chance of the game, when Bautista Agut left the court open to attack. Pella then did well to save four break points in an 18-point game for a 5-4 lead, but two games later, the Argentine tired and struck a backhand into the net to hand Bautista Agut a 6-5 advantage. The first set lasted 59 minutes.

From 4-5 in the first set, Bautista Agut won five straight games, which included a service break in the first game of the second set. More than 13 hours of play at this event for Pella began to show, against one of the ATP Tour’s most consistent baseliners. While the Argentine was unable to convert a break point at 1-2, with Bautista Agut serving at 30/40, a total of 16 backhand errors cost Pella in the first two sets. Bautista Agut sealed the second set with a forehand approach winner on his second set point.

On the back foot, Pella soon regrouped and wrestled away the momentum from Bautista Agut when the Spaniard made three straight errors early in the third set. He saved one break point at 4-2, but was unable to convert two set points on Bautista’s serve in the next game. The World No. 26 kept his cool at 5-3, clinching the set with a forehand approach that Bautista Agut hit into the net.

Bautista Agut reverted to his original tactics, positioning himself in the Ad court and gave Pella the run around on No. 1 Court. Having broken Pella in the fourth game of the fourth set, the 31-year-old didn’t look back and came close to a 5-2 lead, but for a backhand save from Pella. Ultimately, it was Bautista Agut's forehand (31 winners in the match) that made the difference.

Over the past 10 days, Pella had accounted for two previous Wimbledon finalists — fourth seed and 2017 runner-up Kevin Anderson in the third round and No. 15 seed and 2016 finalist Milos Raonic in the fourth round. The 29-year-old won his first ATP Tour trophy at the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo (d. Garin) in February and is now 27-16 on the season.

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Bautista Agut Moves Bachelor Party To Wimbledon

Spoiler:

The Spaniard will play Djokovic in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday

Roberto Bautista Agut seems to have had little confidence that he was going to reach the latter stages of The Championships at Wimbledon.

Such was his conviction, that the Spaniard had scheduled his bachelor party for the latter part of the second week.

“I had planned to be in Ibiza right now,” the Spaniard said, after beating Guido Pella on Wednesday for a place in the quarter-finals. “We had everything organised already. My friends, six of them, are all there.

“It feels better to be here in London.”

The 31-year-old, who is set to marry his fiancé, Ana Bodi Tortosa, in November, will now prepare to play World No. 1 and four-time former champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals on Friday.

When asked what’s the bachelor party plan is now, Bautista Agut said, “I think they will fly [to London] on Friday.”

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Through to his first Grand Slam championship semi-final at Wimbledon, having missed out on competing at the grass-court major in 2018, he said, “This year I was really, really motivated to come here. I wanted to play a good tournament. Well, everything worked well.

“My shots are really, really flat. I like to take the ball early, to be solid. With experience of coming year by year to the grass, I really learn more about the movements on the grass. I feel I can play a solid game also from baseline and I can really develop the good things I do on the court here on grass.
Bautista Agut, whose previous-best finishes at Wimbledon were reaching the fourth round in 2015 and 2017, now lines up alongside Djokovic, Roger Federer and his fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals.

“It feels good to be next to them,” he said. “They are one of the best players in the tennis era. They are such good sportsmen, good tennis players. It feels very good to be next to them and to be part of the semi-final in this tournament.

“My shots are really, really flat. I like to take the ball early, to be solid. With experience of playing each year on grass, I have really learned more about the movements on grass. I feel I can play a solid game also from baseline and I can really develop the good things I do on the court here on grass.”

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Bautista Agut's Persistence Pays Off At Wimbledon

Spoiler:

Spaniard reaches first Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon
In the tunnel that leads to the Center Court of Wimbledon, with the grass already visible from the bowels of the stadium, the players pass under two lines of poetry from Rudyard Kipling: "If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same." The lines are from "If", the beautiful Rudyard Kipling poem that’s a tribute to even temperament, no matter what the circumstances.
Few players embody this attitude like Roberto Bautista Agut, who is as fierce in competition as he is calm off the court. The 31-year-old will play his first Grand Slam semi-final this Friday against Novak Djokovic. It is an example of patience and perseverance, a tenacious competitor who seized the moment.
Having been just two games away from defeating Roger Federer last month at the NOVENTI OPEN quarter-finals, the Spaniard knew he could go far at The All England Club.
"My preparation has been good,” said Bautista Agut, “I think I played a great tournament in Halle. I made two good matches there and I also had Federer against the ropes in the quarter-finals.”
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Bautista’s game is uncharacteristic of the typical Spanish style. With flat strokes and a willingness to attack the net, his game is perfectly suited to grass. Bautista Agut fired 140 winners this fortnight en route to reaching the last four.
"The difference to previous years is that I’ve put in even more hard work," said Bautista Agut. "I have always had a will to progress, to improve my game. My goal has always been to become a more complete player. Not wanting to stop being a better player has brought me here now.
“My objective is to make the basics of my game strong. I will not try to serve at 220kph because that will never happen in my life. I have tried to strengthen my strengths and that takes a lot of work, many hours of dedication and physical preparation. There is a lot of sweat that takes place at home."
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These are the words of someone truly devoted to persevering and reaching his goals. Bautista Agut won matches at Roland Garros last year just days after losing his mother. He reached his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final at this year’s Australian Open after nine previous exits in the fourth round of a major. No matter the circumstances, Bautista Agut’s faith in his abilities have never wavered.
It’s led to an incredible season so for the Spaniard. In addition to his quarter-final finish in Melbourne, Bautista Agut opened the year with a title at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open (d. Berdych) and reached the quarter-finals at the Miami Open presented by Itau. He defeated Djokovic in Doha and Miami to improve to 3-7 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry. Even if Bautista Agut loses to the World No. 1 and defending champion on Friday, he’ll jump to No. 7 in the ATP Race to London on Monday and be in position to make his debut appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals.
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Bautista Agut was particularly eager for a big fortnight after missing Wimbledon last year due to an abdominal injury. He’s accomplished that, but won’t be content with his first Grand Slam semi-final.
”I have arrived at Wimbledon with enthusiasm and rhythm. Last year, I felt terrible watching the tournament from the sofa. This year, I could get the thorn out,” he said. “It has always been a tournament that I loved. It is a place where you can enjoy.
"I'm a very experienced player now. I would say that I have more solidity. I have taken a step forward compared to other years.”

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Wimbledon19: pierwszy półfinał wielkoszlemowy!


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[23] Roberto Bautista Agut d. [26] Guido Pella 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-3

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Bautista Agut's Wimbledon Ends, But His Bachelor Party Begins

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Spaniard finishes fortnight with first Grand Slam semi-final
The story of Roberto Bautista Agut’s bachelor party delay won him plenty of new fans this fortnight, but the Spaniard can finally relax with the boys after his Wimbledon came to a close on Friday.

Bautista Agut was scheduled to be in Ibiza this week with six friends, but his maiden Wimbledon quarter-final hampered the festivities. Most bachelor parties don’t span two countries, but his friends relocated to London after the No. 23 seed beat Guido Pella on Wednesday for his first Grand Slam semi-final.

After his competitive four-set loss to Novak Djokovic, Bautista Agut intends to at least get some use out of his Ibiza reservations.

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“We had everything reserved from Wednesday or Thursday until Sunday. They all knew before there was a small chance for me to be here, playing in the quarter-finals,” said Bautista Agut. “I think they really had a good plan. They spent Wednesday in Ibiza. They came to watch a good match, the semi-final of Wimbledon. They came yesterday as a surprise. It was really nice to have them in the crowd. They support me so much.

“Maybe tomorrow we come back [to Ibiza]. I think I deserve some vacation. We will have some time off after that.”

Bautista Agut lamented that the scoreline in the last two sets against Djokovic didn’t reflect his performance. The Spaniard hit 18 winners to 14 errors and won 49 points overall (compared to 63 for Djokovic), but the quality was so high from the Serbian that Bautista Agut still only managed to win five games.

“I think I deserved a little bit more in the third set,” said Bautista Agut. “The third set for me was the best set of the match. We both played very good tennis.”

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Despite the loss, Bautista Agut is on track to make 2019 his best season yet. The 31-year-old opened the year with a title in Doha (d. Berdych) and his first Grand Slam quarter-final at the Australian Open. He’s projected to re-enter the Top 15 of the ATP Rankings on Monday and will be just shy of his career-high standing of No. 13. The Spaniard will also jump to No. 7 in the ATP Race To London and be in contention to make his debut at the Nitto ATP Finals, held in London at The O2 from 10-17 November.

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But Bautista Agut doesn’t intends for this fortnight to be his pinnacle moment. He hopes to build on the experience and put himself in position for more memorable moments in the world’s biggest events.

“Every experience I had in my tennis career made me a better player, made me do things better the next time,” said Bautista Agut. “A lot of experiences today in the match. A lot of new situations. A lot of new emotions. I’m happy for the way I played, happy with the result I had here in Wimbledon.”

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