Roberto Bautista-Agut beats Novak Djokovic in Doha
Surprise at the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Doha: Roberto Bautista-Agut prevailed against title favorite Novak Djokovic in three sets in the semi-finals.
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last edit: Jan 04, 2019, 07:19 pm
Novak Djokovic was not in the mood for joking at the end of the second set: The Serbian industry leader led in the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Doha against Roberto Bautista-Agut with set and break - and then gave the serve out of nowhere to 4: 4 from. The racket Djokovics felt that too.
The Spaniard suddenly got the upper hand, had the set equalization on the racket in the twelfth game - a stop, which Djokovic had already given up, got stuck on the net edge. A tie-break had to make the decision. And there Bautista-Agut used the
Chance at the score of 7: 6.
Early break for Bautista-Agut in set three
As in the previous matches against Marton Fucsovics and Nikoloz Basilashvili, Djokovic had to go the full distance. And it didn't start well for the 14-time major winner: Bautista-Agut immediately got the service from Djokovic, leaving the tournament favorite with virtually no chance of a comeback. After 2:34 hours the Spaniard got two match balls - and was able to cheer the first time.
The final on Saturday is for Roberto Bautista-Agut against the winner of the match between Tomas Berdych and Marco Cecchinato.
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