Stronger, especially at the end, Alejandro Davidovich conducted the battle conducted with the Dane Holger Runethe ninth player in the world, and reached the round of 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open, his best record so far at the Masters 1000 in Madrid.
The Andalusian prevailed 7-6(1), 5-7 and 7-6(5) after three hours and six minutes of a close match who responded to the resistance and courage of the Spaniard who will face the Croatian Borna Coric, executioner of the Polish Hubert Hurcakz in the round of 16.
The Málaga man ended his opponent’s good run going into the tournament with five consecutive victories to his credit. Four since last week that gave him the title in Munich and the second round, against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, at the Magic Box two days ago.
It was a tense, challenging duel, muddy at times. especially in the beginning and that was highlighted when the Dane erased the mark of a ball that Davidovich said was bad and that the automatic analysis gave a good one. Rune’s attitude angered the public who expressed their disapproval.
They are two player characters Davidovich and Rune, a player who seems to enjoy challenges and tense environments such as the one installed for an hour on the track of the Manolo Santana stadium. There were calls for attention from the chair manager, Brazilian Carlos Bernardes.
Other than all this, gradually calmed down as the games passed, the pulse was steady. There was no surrender in the first set which was resolved for the Spaniard in the tiebreaker. Later, the first service breaks came and the Dane took control of the match, he was stronger in the final stretch of the second set and leveled the contest.
The third and final sleeve regained the balance. The Spaniard kept his cool against his rival’s attacks. He tied despite losing serve early. He is physically strong. He fought before Rune served, a solid weapon he used in every retreat.
After another tear in the tenth quarter, Davidovich took out to win the match. He was uninspired and Rune made up for the situation and leveled at 5 after trailing 5-3. The clash ended in a tiebreaker where the Spaniard emerged again, fighting to the end.
He celebrated it big, with leaps and boundson the track and thanking the public for all their support for the victory.
Source: La Verdad
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