the canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime removed the Spaniards Alexander Davidovich ng Rome Masters 1,000 in an intense match of nearly three hours, by 4-6, 7-6 (2) and 6-2 after 3h.02 ‘of play.
The Spaniard started the match well which was played on the ‘Pietrangelo’ court, fully loaded. He withstood the onslaught of the eighth seed of the tournament and he played well in crucial moments. Davidovich grew up at the end of the first set, when he broke his opponent’s serve to take advantage of the rivalry.
But in the second, Davidovich not only had to play against Auger-Aliassime, but against the public of ‘Pietrangelo’, which was dedicated to the Canadian and who, on more than one occasion, booed loudly to the Spanish for demanding some review from the referee of the match.
The second round, very even and which did not give up their services, had to be decided by a ‘tie-break’ in which the Canadian sweep (7-2).
Davidovich frowned toward his rest bench, he knew it would be more dangerous to leave Auger-Aliassime alive. And the third set proved it.
Both tennis players lost on their first serve in the final set, but the Canadian claimed his role as the favorite and had more power than the Spaniard, number 29 in the ranking, which he broke on two other occasions to close out the match. with 6-2.
Now, Auger-Aliassime awaits a rival in the round of 16, coming from the clash between Argentine Diego ‘El Peque’ Schwartzman and American Marcos Giron.
The Spanish tennis player said goodbye to Roma in the second round after beating Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in the first round.
Source: La Verdad
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