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4) Former Doha Champions: Former champions Gael Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Roberto Bautista Agut look to roll back the years in Qatar. The Spaniard Bautista Agut was crowned champion just two years ago, and he also was victorious in 2019. Gasquet triumphed in Doha in 2013, and Monfils secured the title five years later in 2018.

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In a battle of qualifiers, Roberto Bautista Agut was a 6-3, 7-6(4) winner against American Emilio Nava. Like Monfils, Bautista Agut is making his 12th Miami appearance. A semi-finalist in 2021, his victory improved him to 15-11 at the event.

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Another former Top 10 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, Roberto Bautista Agut, also booked his second-round spot on Monday. The Spaniard downed sixth seed Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 7-5 for his first win against a Top 50 opponent since the first week of the season in Hong Kong.

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Bautista Agut beats Safiullin in Barcelona, on brink of 400th win

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Roberto Bautista Agut is within one win of a major milestone on home soil at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.

The former No. 9 in the PIF ATP Rankings downed Roman Safiullin 6-3, 7-6(8) on Monday at the clay-court ATP 500 for the 399th tour-level triumph of his career. Bautista Agut saved a set point in the second-set tie-break before wrapping a one-hour, 59-minute first-round victory.

Bautista Agut’s reward for levelling his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Safiullin at 1-1 is a second-round meeting with seventh seed Karen Khachanov. The Spaniard, who turned 36 on Sunday, is chasing his 12th ATP Tour crown this week.


Monday was a memorable day in Barcelona for Nick Hardt. The 23-year-old qualifier overcame #NextGenATP home favourite Martin Landaluce 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Pista Rafa Nadal to win his ATP Tour main-draw debut. Hardt became the first Dominican to win an ATP Tour match since Victor Estrella Burgos in Quito in 2018.

“It was a crazy day, obviously a very special day,” Hardt told ATPTour.com. “I feel at home here in Barcelona. Two weeks ago I won my first Challenger here, this week I qualified for my first ATP 500 and I just won my first Tour match in the main draw.

“I just have a special connection here with the crowd, with the Spanish crowd. I was also really happy with the Dominican crowd that came to support me today. Just really happy to go through to the second round.”

Hardt, who has risen 30 spots to No. 199 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings as a result of his run in Barcelona so far, converted four of nine break points he earned against Landaluce, according to Infosys ATP Stats. He will take on 13th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

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