{"id":56628,"date":"2018-01-12T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56628"},"modified":"2018-01-12T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T11:30:19","slug":"del-potro-bautista-agut-to-meet-in-asb-classic-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/del-potro-bautista-agut-to-meet-in-asb-classic-final.html","title":{"rendered":"Del Potro, Bautista Agut to meet in ASB Classic final"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Del Potro, Bautista Agut to meet in ASB Classic final<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Former champions Juan Martin del Potro and Roberto Bautista Agut will meet Saturday in the final of the ATP Tour&#8217;s ASB Classic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Second-seeded del Potro, champion in 2009, beat four-time champion and eight-time semifinalist David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4 in just under two hours Friday while Bautista Agut, the 2016 champion, defeated Robin Haase 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) in a three-hour marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Del Potro&#8217;s form in Auckland this week has been outstanding and he has shown no signs of a wrist injury which has dogged his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;It&#8217;s never easy against David because he runs a lot and he&#8217;s a fighter,&#8221; del Potro said. &#8220;You never know what will happen but I took my chances and got through.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bautista Agut broke Haase in the seventh game of the second set but Haase immediately broke back and the set again went to a tiebreak. Haase slipped up early and couldn&#8217;t recover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The third set proceeded more swiftly with a series of rapid service games until Haase dropped serve in the fourth game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bautista Agut gained the early advantage and although Haase again fought back, the fifth-seeded Bautista Agut converted his fourth match point with a lob that just nipped the baseline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/tennis\/2018\/01\/12\/del-potro-bautista-agut-to-meet-in-asb-classic-final\/109387354\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/del-potro-bautista-agut-to-meet-in-asb-classic-final.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Del Potro, Bautista Agut to meet in ASB Classic final Former champions Juan Martin del Potro and Roberto Bautista Agut will meet Saturday in the final of the ATP Tour&#8217;s ASB Classic. 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