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Hugo Gaston vs Roberto Bautista Agut: ATP Antwerp – Semifinal
Frenchman Hugo Gaston will take on Roberto Bautista Agut in the semifinal of the ATP Antwerp.
Hugo Gaston Profile
Hugo Gaston is 77th in the ATP rankings, and his career high is No. 58 in the world. The Frenchman is 30-28 for the season and 7-3 indoors.
Gaston is coming off a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 win over Alex de Minaur in the quarterfinals after previously beating Mariano Navone and Alexey Vatutin.
Gaston won the challenger in Lyon this season.
This is his first semifinal in his second appearance in Antwerp.
Roberto Bautista Agut Profile
Former world No. 9 Roberto Bautista Agut is currently 90th in the world. The Spaniard is 34-26 for the season and 4-2 in indoors matches.
Bautista Agut is coming off a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinal. Earlier in the tournament, he defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Luca Van Assche.
This is his first semifinal of the season and first in Antwerp.
Head-to-Head Lehecka leads 2-1
This will be the first match between Hugo Gaston and Roberto Bautista Agut.
Prediction and Conclusion
Both players beat the odds to make it to the semifinals. Another thing that makes this match even more interesting is the 12-year gap between these two players. Roberto Bautista Agut has been in this situation while this is something new for Hugo Gaston. Bautista Agut is one of the most aggressive players on the tour and will go after it from the first point. That will be a problem for Gaston, who has ups and downs in his game, and Bautista Agut will take advantage of that and advance to the final.