The tennis player Roberto Bautista He defeated Greek on Thursday Stefanos tsitsipas 6-3, 6-7 (8) and 10-8 and sealed the first victory for Spain in the Copa Hopmanwhich is celebrated in the Italian city of Bari On a hard roof track. Marina Bassols had contributed the first point to Spain before Despina papamichail6-0 y 6-4.
In the Spanish debut in Group A, composed of Spain, Greece and Canada, Marina Bassols and Bautista did not fail in their individual confrontations, and now, it will be the turn of both in the mixed doubles that will be played tonight before the Greeks, although the point has already added to the Spaniards.
The match between the Valencian, number 54 of the ATP ranking, and Tsitsipas, number 27, which was decided in an hour and 48 minutes, the first set began with both tennis players by asserting their serve, until the sixth game in which Bautista, he achieved the 'break' and closed the sleeve.
In the second, the 37-year-old Spanish began giving his service against Tsitsipas in the eleventh game, which later lost his serve, taking the game to the 'Tie-Break, in which Bautista managed to save up to two Greek set balls, which ended up winning the set.
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In the 'Superie-Break' of the third set and definitive, Bautista, who gave up his serve on two occasions, ended up breaking Tsitsipas three times and sealed his victory and the first point in Spain with a 10-8.
In Group B, the French representative Richard Gasquet surpassed the Croatian Duje Ajdukovic, in a match that was decided in the third set, that of the tiebreaker, played the best of 10 points, by 7-5, 2-6 and 10-6.
Thus, France equals Croatia, who in the female individual had achieved Donna Vekic's victory over Chloe Paquet, so everything will be decided in the mixed doubles match on Thursday.
