In the final of the ATP-250 tournament in Antwerp, Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut will play against Jiri Legechka from the Czech Republic.
Roberto Bautista-Agut
The 36-year-old representative of Spain is confidently moving towards his first title at the ATP tournaments in the last two years. The day before yesterday, in the quarterfinals of the tournament, Bautista-Agut played a difficult match, but at the same time made a sensation and won a strong-willed victory over Felix Auger-Alliassim from Canada in three sets – 3:6; 6:2; 7:6 (8:6).
Yesterday, in the semifinals of the tournament, Roberto played a much more confident match and eventually beat Frenchman Hugo Gaston in two sets – 6:3; 6:4. The tennis players spent an hour and a half on the court.
Jiri Legechka
The 22-year-old Czech representative is also trying to win a second title this season after his success in Adelaide. The day before yesterday, in the quarterfinals of the tournament, Legechka played a confident match and beat Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece in two sets – 6:4; 6:4.
Yesterday, Jiri played a more difficult match in the semifinals of the tournament in Belgium, but still beat Marcos Giron from the USA in three sets – 6:3; 4:6; 6:2. In the first set, already with the score 2:1 in games, the Czech made an important break for himself and eventually came out on the score of 4:1. After that, Legechka did not easily, but still brought the party to victory. In the second set, already with the score 1:2 in games, Jiri saved the game on his serve from the score of 15:40. After that, the tennis players worked competently on their serves, the game could become protracted, but with the score 4:5 in games, Legechka lost a game on his serve and eventually lost the set. In the decisive set, the Czech representative immediately made an important break for himself and went out to score 2-0 in games. In the middle of the game, with the score 3:1 in games, Jiri made the second break and came out on the score of 5:1. After that, Legechka calmly brought the match to victory and eventually closed the set with a big difference. The tennis players spent one hour and fifty-five minutes on the court.
Jiri Legechka and Roberto Bautista-Agut played together for the last time on September 28 at the Masters in Beijing. Then, on the hard court in the 1/8 finals, Legechka won a strong-willed victory in three sets – 3:6; 6:2; 6:1.
Forecast
Jiri Legechka is considered an extremely clear favorite by the bookmakers in this match. However, in such an important confrontation, Bautista-Agut may well impose at least a stubborn struggle again, we suggest you take a chance and bet more than 22.5 games on the total.