Spanish Roberto Bautista Reaches Semifinal of Qatar Open

Doha, January 03 (QNA) - Spanish Roberto Bautista reached the semifinal of the 2019 Qatar Exxonmobil Open after defeating Swiss Stan Wawrinka. The tournament is organized by Qatar Tennis Federation at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. Swiss star Stan Wawrinka has bowed out of the Qatar Open at the Quarter-final stage losing to seventh seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4. The Spaniard will next challenge World No. 1 and 2016-17 champion Novak Djokovic or fifth seed Nikoloz Basilashvili. Bautista Agut got off to strong starts by breaking Wawrinka in the first game and clinched the 48-minute opener on his fourth set point chance. He broke immediately at the start of the second set and put Wawrinka under pressure in the fifth and seventh games. At 5-4, Bautista Agut recovered from 15/40 to complete victory in one hour and 45 minutes. (QNA)