The Doha tournament will face the quarterfinals this Thursday, a day that started in a significant way because of the withdrawal due to the injury of Emil Ruusuvuori.
The Finn had to leave the match against the second seed of the tournament, Karen Khachanovas the Russian comfortably dominated 3-0 after earning two breaks.
Ruusuvuori’s KO had a collateral effect, Alejandro Davidovich’s farewell to the tournament. The man from Malaga, who fell in the individual draw on Tuesday after young Jakub Mensik surprised the Finn’s partner in the doubles tournament, where they had to face Italians Musetti and Sonego.
Bad balance for Davidovich in Dohafrom where he left early, without repeating the quarterfinals achieved in the last two editions.
The day started with the victory of Alexei Popyrinwho sprung a surprise by defeating the fourth seed, the always unpredictable Alexander Bublik, who this time seemed to have little desire to be on court.
In the end, 6-4, 6-4 for the Australianwho will play this Friday in the first semifinal against Karen Khachanov.
The two remaining quarterfinal matches will go head-to-head Andrey Rublev with Jakub Mensik and Gael Monfils with Ugo Humbert.
Source: La Verdad
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