# Roberto Bautista Agut Scores Twice on Football Debut After Retirement 2026-08-15T20:20:06+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Tennis veteran Roberto Bautista Agut made a stunning football debut, scoring twice for Spanish seventh-tier side CD Els Ibarsos in a 4-2 pre-season win. The 38-year-old retired from tennis just months ago after a career that included 12 singles titles and a Davis Cup triumph for Spain in 2019. Bautista Agut, who reached a world ranking of ninth in 2019 and a Wimbledon semifinal where he lost to Novak Djokovic, played for Villarreal's youth teams until age 14 before switching to tennis. His return to football has delighted the club, which posted on Instagram: "It's official: Roberto Bautista Agut is a C.D. Els Ibarsos player." The Spaniard said on Instagram: "It's a new stage of life that's making me very happy." With his debut behind him, the club is looking forward to seeing him play for a full season. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: CD Els Ibarsos, Davis Cup, Novak Djokovic, Roberto Bautista Agut, Wimbledon Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/roberto-bautista-agut-scores-twice-on-football-debut-after-retirement/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/roberto-bautista-agut-scores-twice-on-football-debut-after-retirement/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/