Ethe spanish tennis player Albert Ramos, fifth favoritebeat your compatriot Peter Martinez, seeded seventh, 6-4, 6-2 in an hour and 50 minutes of play, in the quarterfinals of the Austrian tournament in Kitzbuhel, on clay. Now it will be measured against another Spaniard, Roberto Bautista who won 4-6, 7-5 and 7-5 in almost three hours of meeting.
The duel between Ramos and Martinezwith both players giving up their first service of the sleeve, although Ramos, number 52 in the ATP ranking, gradually imposed his pace of play until he achieved a new break of serve that gave him the first set.
Already in the second set, the Catalan Ramos put Valencian Martínez on the ropeswho saved several break balls in his first two services, but could not withstand the onslaught of his rival, who ended up winning another two breaks to close the match.
Also, with this victory Ramos, 34, manages to unbalance in his favor the balance of direct confrontations with Martínez, 25adding two wins for the only victory of Martínez.
Bautista comes back against Lehecka
Roberto Bautista, third favorite, advanced to the semifinals by beating Czech Jiri Lehecka 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. The The match had a surprising start, in which both tennis players lost their service repeatedly, although it was Lehecka, number 68 in the ATP ranking.the one who broke Bautista’s serve, 20 in the world, a third time to secure the set.
The second set turned face for the 20-year-old Czech, who came to get a favorable 5-3 and, later, with 5.4, will serve to win the game. But Bautista knew how to react brilliantly to win four games in a row and send the match to the third set.
The Castellonense tennis player from 34 to he suffered again in the final set, very even until the end, and sentenced by Bautista with a break of Lehecka’s service in the twelfth game.
