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Patna : Fourth Seed David Goffin survived Robin Hasse scare to enter the 2nd round of ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, an ATP World Tour 500 event, at Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 12, 2020, but World No 12 Roberto Bautista Agut, 31, Spain, lost to compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta, 28, in second round the same day.
World No 10 David Goffin, 29, Belgium, edged past World No 167 Robin Hasse, 32, Netherland, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 2hr 29 minutes rallying back from one set down to enter the second round. Robin Hasse though fired 12 Aces in the match to 7 by Goffin. He committed 4 double faults to 3 by Goffin. Both the players won 2 break points each in the match. Both of them also won 3 games each in a row in the match. Both of them also won 73 service points each.
World No 30 Pablo Carreno Busta upset 6th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in a three-set thriller 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 in 2hr 28 minutes in 2nd round to enter the quarter-finals of the tournament.Busta fired 11 Aces in the match to 5 by Agut. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Agut won 2 break points to 1 by Busta. But, Busta won 75 service points to 65 by Agut.
World No 57 Gilles Simon, 35, France, beat World No 67 Mikhail Kukushkin, 32, Kazakhstan, in a tough three-set encounter 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 in first round. Simon fired 9 Aces in the match to by Kukushkin. Both the players won 3 break points each in the match. They also won 3 games each in a row in the match. Kukushkin though won 65 service points to 59 by Simon.