Alejandro Davidovich’s victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov put him in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 secures the Spaniard a spot in the top thirty of the ATP ranking for being a finalist and among the top twenty if he wins the title.
The Malaga player, who started the tournament as 46th in the world rankings, defeated Dimitrov in three sets (6-4, 6-7 (2) and 6-3) to reach his first ATP final.. Davidovich, whatever happens in the final, will rise nineteen places in the ATP ranking, that is, to 27th place in the tableand if he wins the title he will be placed as number 20, just 10 points behind Pablo Carreño.
The thorn is nailed down
Alejandro Davidovich had a bitter experience last year in withdrawing from what was his first quarters at 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, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the new champion 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 his second-round win against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia. He was not satisfied, and the junior champion of Wimbledon 2017 has matured and entered his first ATP final, in addition to the Masters 1000 category and to a classic on the clay calendar like 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 this Sunday, starting at 2:30 pm (#Vamos / Direct Web Mundo Deportivo), to be a continuation of the saga started by Manolo Orantescontinued by Sergi Bruguera, who scored a double which was later repeated by Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyà and, of course, the king of the land, Rafa Nadal, dominator eleven times.
They left with no prize Albert Ramos, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Alex Corretja, Albert Costa.
“I am ready to fight Tsitsipas“, assures Davidovich, willing to” enjoy every moment. “This is his first big day, he has never found himself in a similar situation. 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 his mother’s Russian surname, his father is Swedish) is reached the quarterfinals.
If for Marbella it was a premiere, the Athenian was arguing 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 at Rotterdam’s ‘indoor’, winning the Greek but with many complications: 7-5, 6-7 (1) and 6-4
Of the two, who have accumulated a lot of time on the track in recent days, They are expected later at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Trofeo Conde de Godó.
Source: La Verdad
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