Halle Open: Roberto Bautista Agut stuns Daniil Medvedev to reach semi-final, Jannik Sinner pulls out with leg injury

Roberto Bautista Agut produced an outstanding performance to prevail against top seed Daniil Medvedev 7-5 7-6(3) once again to advance to the semi-final of the Halle Open. The Spaniard has now won five of the eight matches in which the pair have contested and sends the Russian crashing out in Germany in what is a blow to his confidence ahead of Wimbledon. Ad Bautista Agut’s reward for a first victory over a top 10 ranked opponent since the first week of 2023 is a semi-final match against Andrey Rublev, who had to come from a set down to beat Tallon Griekspoor 3-6 6-3 6-4.

ATP RosmalenMedvedev, Tsitsipas beaten in grass openers, Fritz starts with win15/06/2023 AT 16:14 “To beat Daniil on this court you have to play very good,” said the No. 8 seed. “I didn’t feel very good some months this year but I keep working hard.

“I know in tennis sometimes it’s very difficult. There are a lot of things I’m working on and I’m very happy because I played very good tennis.” Novak Djokovic to join Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune at Hurlingham Tennis Classic Carlos Alcaraz ready to do 'great results' on grass after impressing again at Queen's It has been a difficult clay court swing for Bautista Agut, but the world No.23 is relieved to be back on grass. He said: “I’m very happy I could take some days off after Paris and it was a good rest for me because I was really working hard and I needed some good rest.