KB News Sports: Roberto Bautista Agut scored two straight sets against Nick Kyrgios in the first round in wet environments. The 18th seed was rock solid throughout the game, winning 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 in 1 hour and 48 minutes. "I played well," Bautista Agut said. 'We played very well in the first set, the level was high, the intensity was high, the quality of our returns was very good, I was happy to win three sets, I think I played solidly and aggressively, it was a great game.'
Espanyol's serve was much more efficient in this game, he won 80% of the first serve and 53% of the second, he was perfect on net of 12 shots and fended off the only break point he faced. Kyrgios showed impressive skill, winning the second set with a 4-5 tee shot, but the Spaniard ended the second set with his 12th ace and took the lead, before Roberto began to take over the game in full swing in the third set and maintained the momentum until the end of the game. He will meet with Emil Ruusuvuori, a semi-finalist at last week's Winston-Salem Open, to compete for a place in the third round.
This will be the first time that world-ranked ATP Head2Head has met with a 22-year-old from Finland. Rusuwori had earlier beaten Poland's Kamil Mahzak 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 to match his second-round appearance at last year's U.S. Open. Looking ahead to the match against Rusuwori, Bautista Agut said: "Now I will think about the next game. He's a young player, he's working hard and he's got really good game wins on the ATP Tour and obviously against him I need to focus more on my attention and keep me in shape. ”