Roberto Bautista achieved an important victory on Thursday for his wishes to be in the ATP Finals of the end of the season after beating the Frenchman Richard Gasquet in three sets (6-2, 4-6 and 6-3) and qualifying for the quarterfinals at the end of the Basel tournament, scoring for the ATP and which is played on a hard covered court.
The Castellón, fourth head of the series , needs a good performance in this event to strengthen his options of playing for the first time the appointment of 'teachers', for which two tickets remain. With Alexander Zverev, seventh in the Race to London, eliminated in Basel, and with Marco Berrettini, eighth, in fourths in Vienna, the victory against Beziers seemed key.
Bautista began very focused on a dangerous opponent and who had already defeated him a few months ago in the Cincinnati Masters 1,000. The Benlloc offered solidity to the service and took full advantage of an early service break to take the first set, closed with another break.
However, Gasquet was able to react in the second round and forced a third and final, being able to manage without giving too many concessions a favorable break in the fifth game. But in the third set, Bautista regained his best level and his fourth breaking ball broke the French serve in the sixth game and was able to head to the rooms where he will run into the American gunman Reilly Opelka, which he won a few days ago in the 1,000 Masters of Shanghai.
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