On the evening of Saturday, April 27, Russian Karen Khachanov and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut will meet in the second round of competition at the Madrid Masters. On the circuit, our tennis player does not have many opponents with whom he has played ten or more matches. Bautista Agut is one of them. The next match will be the 10th between professional level tennis players.
In personal meetings, the Spaniard leads with a score of 6:3, but the last two meetings were left to Khachanov. This season, Karen confidently defeated Roberto in the second round of the tournament in Marseille (6:2, 6:2). And almost exactly a year ago (April 30), tennis players met here, at the Madrid Masters, but only in the 1/16 finals. Then the Russian defeated Bautista Agut in three sets – 7:5, 4:6, 6:3, after which he reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Alcaraz.
Another interesting detail of the confrontation: the opponents played only two out of nine official matches on clay, and in both meetings the victory was on Khachanov’s side. In addition to the already mentioned fight a year ago, Karen also beat the Spaniard at the Rome Masters in 2019 (5:7, 6:4, 6:2).
The Russian is considered the favorite for the upcoming fight. Khachanov is now on the rise, Karen, 27, has already won a title this season and is back in the top 20. As for the 36-year-old Spaniard, his career is coming to an end. Bautista Agut hasn’t won anything for a long time; The tennis player has experienced a decline in his game over the past few seasons.
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU April 27 no earlier than 19:00 Moscow time
Source: Sport
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