Roberto Bautista starred in one of the surprises of the day In the Queen's tournament. The Castellón Supero the Jakub Mensikeighth manager, 3-6, 6-3 and 7-5 in a match in which the Czech lost the papers on more than one occasion.
The continuous mistakes made by the young Czech talent led him to pay his frustration with The racket that, in an unfortunate lance, ended up shooting towards the stands.
Luckily, the 'artifact' did not reach anyone and there was no need to regret personal damage. That was also what saved Messik from disqualification.
A spectator returned his racket to Jakub
It was a close spectator who approached Czech to return the racket so he could continue playing.
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Despite the favoritism of Czech, champion in Miami this year and one of the players with the best future of the circuit at 19, Bautista made his surface experience prevail in which he already made semifinals in 2019 in Wimbledonfalling to the subsequent winner Novak Djokovic.
Mensik had a very poor day with the service, allowing too many opportunities for 'break' and putting only 50 % of the first, in addition to wasting three break points in the second set.
The Czech had a second life, when he broke the Baptist service taking this game, but he delivered his again the second one did not fail that of Castellón, who for the second time in his career is among the eight best in Queen's.
The last time he got it was in 2016, eliminated by the finalist that year of Queen's and Wimbledon, Milos Raonic.
