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Bautista Agut Withstands 22 Aces From Opelka In Doha

Bautista Agut Withstands 22 Aces From Opelka In Doha

Roberto Bautista Agut won the Doha title in 2019, and the World No. 13 showed a champion’s mettle on Monday evening. The fifth seed rallied past American Reilly Opelka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and four minutes to reach the second round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. The Spaniard withstood 22 aces to take a 2-1 ATP Head2Head series lead against the big-serving 23-year-old. “I feel very good on this court. I have a lot of good memories from 2019. I’m just happy to be here again in Qatar and more happy because I played a really good match and I beat a really, really good opponent,”...

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