Tennis: Bautista Agut beats Safiullin in Barcelona
he Spaniard, who is chasing his 12th ATP Tour crown this week, will meet seventh seed Karen Khachanov in the second round.
he Spaniard, who is chasing his 12th ATP Tour crown this week, will meet seventh seed Karen Khachanov in the second round.
The 36-year-old, who on Sunday became the oldest No. 1 in ATP Rankings history, is chasing a record-extending 41st ATP Masters 1000 crown this week.
With this victory, the Italian tennis player became the highest-ranked Italian tennis player and achieved his career-best ATP singles Ranking of No. 2.
The Australian will next play fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or Italian Flavio Cobolli.
Home favourite Jannik Sinner capped his brilliant run in the year-end tournament with a fine win over Daniil Medvedev which took the Italian start to the brink of ATP Finals glory on Saturday.
If the Spaniard wins the ATP Masters 1000 title and current World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev fails to reach the quarterfinals, Nadal would rise to the top of the ATP Rankings.
Ramanathan, who is ranked 211th on the ATP Tour, next plays Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in the ATP Challenger tournament.
Before 2020, the 33-year-old Novak Djokovic had finished 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018 at the top of the ATP Rankings.
The French Open, which was originally scheduled to start in May but had to be moved back, is slated to be played from September 27 to October 11.
Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in history of men's tennis and has reached the most number of Major finals (31).
