Alexander Davidovich He scored the first Spanish duel in 2025 by beating Roberto Bautista 7-5 and 6-2, in the opening round of the Adelaide tournament, whom he lost two seasons ago, in this same setting.
A week before the start of the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open, Davidovich seemed more focused than the veteran player from Castellón whom he beat in one hour and 44 minutes.
Davidovich, 61 in the ATP ranking, avenged the loss suffered in 2023, also in Adelaide, against Roberto Bautista where he was able to match the head-to-head confrontations between the two. The Malaga native added the victory he achieved this Monday to that obtained in 2021 in Rotterdam, in the first match between the two. Bautista then won the next two, in Doha in 2022 and in Adelaide in 2023.
Alejandro Davidovich will face American Sebastian Korda, second favorite, in the second round.
The Malaga native’s victory was joined by Canadian Denis Shapovalov who won 6-3 and 6-4 against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, ninth seed. The North American will face the winner of the clash between American Marco Giron and Australian Aleksandar Vukic in the second leg of the event.
Source: La Verdad
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