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ROBERTO BAUTISTA 6-3, 6-1 – GABI A. BOITAN
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Roberto Bautista 6 – 3 Gabi A. Boitan
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Very good morning to all! It’s a big day. Returns Spain to Davis Cup and he plays it to dream again of another Champion Salad Bowl. The pupils of Sergi Bruguera are measured to the weak Romania in a Qualifier that will determine which team accesses the group stage that makes up the new format devised by Gerard Pique and Kosmos. The venue is unbeatable, because the Puente Romano Tennis Club in Marbella will serve a tribute to one of its heroes. to the great Manolo Santana, that surely watches over the ‘Armada‘ and wishes them luck from the heights of the Olympus of sport. Nothing better than paying homage to the myth so that Spain can begin to make progress and dream of its seventh championship title in an absolutely fetish tournament.
To open the contest -and counting on the absence of Reef Nadal-, Spain will have number 1 Robert Baptist. The champion of the ‘gold falcon‘ from Doha an unknown rival is measured, Gabi Adrian Boitan. The Romanian is number 721 in the world tennis lists, and it should not be a great impediment for him to Spain put the first point of the eliminatory. In addition, the conditions play in favor of the locals, since they ‘escape’ from the height and fast track of the Madrid Arena in the last Davis Cup Finals to return to the clay and some stands that have sold all the available paper. Without having a Bautista who is displaying an excellent level of play that places him in 15th place in the ATP.
“The weeks of training in Davis they are very good. I’m happy to be with my teammates to pick up the pace. And glad to be the one to start and, to play, again in Marbella‘confessed’Rubber‘ in the hours leading up to the match. It will open the contest so that later Carlos Alcaraz can play the second point against the number 1 of Romania and best known player, Marius Copil. But to begin with, the game of Bautista it is vital. Without further delay… Let’s start! ¡Davis plays, Spain plays in Marbella!
