Bautista Agut Batters Finals Rookie Medvedev for ATP Chennai Crown

Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut continued his January success of late, winning a title in the first week of 2017 by topping 20-year-old Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 in the Aircel Chennai Open final on Sunday in India.
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Last year the Spaniard won Auckland in January, one of two titles during 2016 in addition to Sofia.

“It’s my fifth time in a row coming here,” Bautista Agut said. “This tournament has helped me a lot to get into the Top 50 players [in the world]. I’m a much better player now than five years ago. I have more experience and I’ve improved a lot of things.”

It was the fifth career title for the 28 year old.

“There are a lot of tournaments and a lot of points coming up, but I’m happy with the start to win the first week of the year,” he said.

Bautista Agut did not face a break point in the final on serve, improving to 5-6 in career finals.

Earlier in the week the No. 2 seed trailed Mikhail Youzny 2-6, 1-4 in the quarterfinals. Medvedev saved two match points in his semifinal against Dudi Sela.

“He was more consistent than me today,” Medvedev said. “He played amazing tennis. I couldn’t do much about it. I tried my best but he was the better player today.”

The Russian Medvedev, entering his fourth year as a pro, was appearing in his first career ATP-level final. Last year he competed at 21 ITF and Challenger-level events, and eight tour or Slam events.

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