the Spanish tennis player Alexander Davidovich-Fokina was imposed this Monday with difficulty on Rome Masters 1,000 in Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in three sets (6-2, 4-6 and 6-4) and will now face, in the second round, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimeseeded eighth in the tournament.
The player from Malaga started like a whirlwind and won the first set with a resounding 6-2 where he prevented his rival from entering the match by bringing him to the back of the court and moving him accurately and cornered. that shots. Davidovich broke his rival’s serve three times, without major complications, and seemed to have put the fight on the right track by the end of this first set with an Ivashka retired in half-time upset.
But the Belarusian did not give up and drew strength to level the game. The second set turned out to be an intense exchange of blows where both became desperate at some point due to their failures, although the balance fell to part of the number 50 in the ranking, breaking the Spaniards ’first and last service.
In everything even in the final bet, Davidovich pulled out his nail, the one that fully identifies him, and won the match after another contest in which stability in the rest of the world at number 29 was once again key. , which also broke. three times to Ivaskha, the latter in the main moment, with 5-4 on the scoreboard in their favor.
Today, the Montecarlo Masters 1,000 finalist will face Auger-Aliassime in the second round, one of the circuit’s young promises.
Source: La Verdad
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