Roberto Bautista Agut powers past Nikoloz Basilashvili

Roberto Bautista Agut wasted little time in booking his place in the fourth round of Wimbledon as he powered past Nikoloz Basilashvili in straight sets this afternoon.

Bautista Agut took an evenly-matched first set 7-4 in a tie-break, then made light work of the second set against the Georgian qualifier.

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The Spaniard rattled off three breaks of serve in quick succession to take the second set 6-0 in just 21 minutes.

Basilashvili, who beat 15th seed Feliciano Lopez in the second round, struggled from the off in the third, suffering two early breaks.

There was no way back for Basilashvili as his opponent served out to seal a 7-6(4) 6-0 6-1 win.