Roberto Bautista becomes again Spanish team hero and makes the San Luis Fountain explode Valencia with a major victory in the Davis Cup. The Spanish tennis player came backin an almost implausible way and with the epic as its banner, at a Arthur Fils who had the match practically won, but which Bautista’s pressure and push ended up reducing and forcing a defeat by (2-6, 7-5 and 6-3) that leaves Spain to a victory from Alcaraz of the Final to 8 from Málaga.
With Bautista’s victory, again surprising according to the ranking –62 for the Castellón native compared to 25 for his rival– as against Lehecka, Spain depends on Carlos Alcarazwho will play a tough match in the second round against Ugo Humbertthe other top-20 tennis player present in the Group Stage of the Davis Cup, to close his qualification for the Final 8 in Malaga and continue dreaming of the Davis Cup title. If the Murcian wins in the No. 1 duel or in the doubles with Marcel Granollers, against the experienced Herbert and Roger Vasselin, the Spanish team will be classified without waiting for Sunday’s tie with Australia.
Second chapter for Spain in this edition of the Davis Cup and start, as in Wednesday’s triumphant match against the Czech Republic, by a reborn Roberto Bautista for the cause of the national team tournament. The man from Castellón, after beating Lehecka, would now face another dangerous and emerging rival, an Arthur Fils who had just beaten Popyrin on Wednesday with magnificent sensations.
The scenario of the match could foresee a series of exchanges that would lengthen the game, but certainly not a beginning that would cover six games in half an hour in which the give and take was constant, leaving the balance tilted on the side of Arthur Fils, more decisive in key moments and emerged victorious from the initial alternation of breaks. Once he was able to secure his serve, the forehand and backhand of the young French brave made the difference and blurred the a tired Baptist and? lost the first set 6-2.
The comeback became necessary at the Fuente de San Luis, where despite the partial defeat, they did not stop encouraging and trusting Bautista. Spirits did calm down with the break with which Fils took the lead, powerful in all his foresight, in a second set that seemed headed for the almost certain defeat of Roberto. Arthur was even 5-4 and serve in your favor, but when push comes to shove, the pressure He was able to beat the young man, barely 20 years old, and Bautista, 36, took advantage of it to take his drive and make a comeback that turned into a tie with 7-5 on the scoreboard.
In the third chapter of a very long match who left after three hours, Bautista reemerged in spectacular fashion and gave a tennis and fight recital to overtake Spain in this duel against France. In another very close set, the Spaniard broke the Frenchman in a tremendous endurance exercise. It was 5-3 and La Fuente de San Luis came forward to push a huge Roberto Bautistawhich on serve closed an epic victory. Spain is now in the hands of Carlos Alcaraz.
