Qatar ExxonMobil Open: Nikoloz Basilashvili Qualifies for the Final

Doha, March 13 (QNA) - Spain's former champion Roberto Bautista Agut, the fifth seed, and Georgia's unseeded Nikoloz Basilashvili qualified on Friday for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open final, overcoming humid and windy conditions. Fresh from a famous victory against Roger Federer, back after 13 months of injury absence, in the quarter-finals, Basilashvili edged American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (7/3), 6-1. "Yesterday's match already give me a lot of confidence," Basilashvili said of his victory over 20-time Grand Slam title winner Federer. "Today I was much more relaxed than I was (in) I don't know, eight tournaments." He described Bautista Agut as a "very good baseline player". "He doesn't have many errors, so it's going to be tough match for me," he added. (QNA)