Spain's Bautista wins first round at Wimbledon

Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista, eighth-seeded, won his first-round match in the Wimbledon tournament, beating Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer on Monday.

Bautista, World No. 19, took one hour and 38 minutes to beat his 30-year-old opponent 6-3, 6-1, 6-2, reports Efe.

The Spaniard will play in the second round against the winner of the match between Romanian Marius Copil, world no. 85, and German Peter Gojowczyk, World No.140.

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