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Patna : Fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, 32, Spain, and World No 42 Nikoloz Basilashvili, 29, Georgia, will clash in the final of ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open with both of them winning their respective semi-final matches in straight sets on March 12, 2021, late night.
World No 13 Roberto Bautista Agut upset World No 8 Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in 73 minutes in semi-finals. Agut won 4 break points during the match to 1 by Rublev. The Spainiard also won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by the Russian. Agut, in all, won 62 points in the match to 46 by the Russian. Rublev though fired 8 Aces during the match to just 2 by Agut.
Basilashvilli, who had upset 2nd seed Roger Federer, 39, Switzerland, in QFs on March 11, 2021, defeated World No 33 Taylor Fritz, 23, USA, 7-6, 6-1 in 75 minutes in semi-finals on March 12, 2021, late night. Basilashvili won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Fritz. He also won 5 games in a row to 2 by the American. The Georgian, in all, won 68 points during the match to 54 by Fritz. The American though fired 8 Aces in the match to 5 by the Georgian.