Alexander Davidovich lived a bitter experience of leaving what was his first room in a Masters 1000 ATP. Injured to his left leg, lost on the scoreboard, 5-7, he left Montecarlo annoyed. A few days later, his rival, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasis the new champion who defeated Russian Andrey Rublev.
Twelve months later, the Malaga man, 22 years old and number 46 in the world, took revenge. And in what way, surprising to oneself. He thought of his second-round win against the Serb Novak Djokovic, world number 1, is an additional prize. He was not satisfied, and the junior champion of Wimbledon 2017 He has matured and reached his first ATP final, in addition to the Masters 1000 category and to a classic on the clay court calendar such as Monte Carlo.
An event with a long history in Spanish tennis, which had five champions out of ten finalists in the personal pamarés of the Principality tournament. Alejandro Davidovich will try today, Sunday, from 2:30 pm (#Vamos / Mundo Deportivo Web Direct)to be the continuation of a legend begun by Manolo Oranteswhich continued Sergio Bruguerawhich made a double which he later repeated John Charles Ferrero, Carlos Moya and, of course, the king of the earth, Rafael Nadaldominator eleven times.
They left with no prize Albert Ramos, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Alex Corretja, Albert Costa.
“I’m ready for battle with Tsitsipas,” said Davidovich, who was willing to “enjoy every moment.” This was his first big day, he had never been in a similar situation. You are guaranteed to get into top-30 of the world ranking, who will be top-20 if he lifts the trophy. Ahead is number five, an aggregate star waiting to be confirmed in a Grand Slam
Tsitsipas, 23 years old and world number 5, is a finalist in Roland Garros 2021, an edition in which Davidovich Fokina (the nickname ‘Foki’ comes from the mother’s mother’s last name, her father is Swedish) reached the quarterfinals. If for Marbella it was a premiere, the Athenian was contending for his nineteenth final, third of the Masters 1000, ninth on clay. He was known around the world in this element, in the final Godó 2018 he lost to Rafa Nadal.
Davidovich and Tsitsipas played a few weeks ago in the ‘indoor’ of rotterdamwon in Greek but with many complications: 7-5, 6-7 (1) and 6-4
The two, who have accumulated a lot of time on the track in recent days, are expected later on Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Conde de Godó Trophy.
Source: La Verdad
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