Alejandro Davidovich lost this Monday in his second match at the 2024 China Openby surrendering even matches 6-4 and 7-5 against Russian Andrey Rublev, fourth seed, thus advancing to the quarterfinals of the Chinese tournament.
In this way, Carlos Alcaraz remains the only Spanish player in the Beijing tournament.
The match, played on the center court of the Beijing tennis complex, This is the continuation of a match that was canceled this Sunday due to rain with an advantage for the Russian in the first set with 2-1.
In one hour and 43 minutes of play, Rublev took advantage of his strength on the serve to win a very close first set, with both players breaking each other’s serves.
Davidovich has a break at 0-40 to make it 3-2but Rublev responded with a counterbreak and, after taking advantage of the two break opportunities he had, closed out the set with another break for 6-4.
The Spaniard stands out for his effectiveness on the first servebut the Russian took his chances better than anyone else.
The second set maintained the intensity, with both players trading breaks.
Davidovich Fokina went ahead 5-4, but missed a set pointwhich allowed Rublev to tie the score and eventually close out the match with another decisive break for 7-5.
Rublev was more consistent on his servehitting 4 straight serves in this second set alone and closing with authority.
Russian tennis player will face the local team Yunchaokete Bu (n.96) in the quarterfinals this Monday night.who defeated the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (n.18) 6-4 and 6-2.
Source: La Verdad
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