There is only one last effort left. Spain is on the verge of reaching the round of 16 of the Davis Cup after Roberto Bautista’s feat. The man from Castellón managed to turn around a match that had been very difficult for him and, when he seemed dead, he rose from the ashes to claim victory. [Así vivimos la victoria de Bautista ante Fils]
If Spain win this match against France, they will have their second victory and will automatically qualify for the last eight of the competition. After this triumph of Bautista, if Carlos Alcaraz wins the second match of the series, all the work will be done.
The match was tough, probably tougher than expected. A reflection of that was the length of the first set. It took Bautista over an hour and Son to close the first set, but the 6-2 result was deceptive. Endless and very disputed games, with a formidable equality, made this partial almost an agony.
The Frenchman eventually took the lead and, with the confidence of being ahead on the scoreboard, he played much more comfortably in the second set. Bautista struggled to find his physical form for much of that second race, and Fils pushed the others to take an early lead.
And if anyone was going to do the rest, it was the French team, because they knew they had to win the match against Spain to stay alive in the Davis Cup. Anything that constitutes a victory for the “Armada” in this series will qualify them for the final and France will find themselves excluded from any possibility of the title.
Bautista was almost always on the trail in this second set. It seemed that his defeat was inevitable, Fils was a consistent player on the court and showed no signs of exhaustion, but then everything changed.
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