Bautista Agut and Paul will take on each other in the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open on January 23.
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On January 23, the No. 24 seed from Spain, Roberto Bautista Agut, will play the hot American, Tommy Paul, in the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open. The person who would play the pantomime villain had to be Roberto Bautista Agut. In fact, the player who brutally ended Andy Murray’s 2023 Australian Open campaign was the ATP’s workhorse. This time, it took exactly three and a half hours of action to finish in four sets. Less than 48 hours after playing the longest match of his career to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis, Murray appeared to be out of gas in the opening set. The veteran Spanish player dominated the set in just 29 minutes.
Tommy In an all-American matchup in the third round of the Australian Open, Paul defeated Jenson Brooksby to advance into the second week of a Grand Slam for the second time. Paul defeated Roberto Bautista Agut, the 24th seed, for the fifth time in their series, winning 6-1 6-4 6-3 in two hours and eight minutes. The New Jersey native outperformed fellow countryman Brooksby in a contest that was so disappointing to watch from the perspective of spectacle. Paul wouldn’t care, though. He quickly won the first set 6-1, dropping just one point on serve, and was simply unstoppable from the get-go.
| Bautista Agut vs Paul | Match details |
|---|---|
| Date | January 23, 2023 |
| Surface | Hard courts |
| Tournament | Australian Open |
| Stage | Fourth Round |
| Time (India) | 10:30 am (tentative) |
| Time (Australia) | 4 pm (tentative) |
| Opponent | Score |
|---|---|
| Andy Murray | 1-6, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6 (W) |
| Brandon Holt | 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 2-6 (W) |
| Joao Sousa | 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 (W) |
| Soon Woo Kwon | 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (L) |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | 7-6, 6-3, 3-6 (W) |
| Opponent | Score |
|---|---|
| Jenson Brooksby | 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 (W) |
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 2-6, 6-2, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6 (W) |
| Jan-Lennard Struff | 6-1, 7-6, 6-2 (W) |
| Jack Draper | 6-4, 6-4 (L) |
| Christopher O’Connell | 6-4, 7-5 (W) |
Tommy Paul and Roberto Bautista Agut have faced each other four times so far in their career. The bragging rights are currently in favour of the Spaniard who won three of those four games. All of those wins came in the 2021 season at Canada, Rome and Monte Carlo. However, it was the American who came out on top in their most recent meeting at the 2022 Paris Masters.
| Tournament | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Paris Masters | Tommy Paul | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2021 Canada Masters | Roberto Bautsita Agut | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2021 Rome Masters | Roberto Bautsita Agut | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2021 Monte Carlo Masters | Roberto Bautsita Agut | 6-3, 6-4 |
Bautista Agut and Paul will take on each other in the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open on January 23.
Australia – Nine and Stan Sport
Canada – TSN and RDS
India – Sony Sports Network
UK – Eurosport
USA – ESPN Network
The matches of both men’s and women’s can be live-streamed on demand on the Tennis TV app and website.
