A valiant Davidovich came back from two sets down and defeated Aliassime in a marathon duel

The man from Malaga Alexander Davidovich achieved the victory of coming back from two sets this Wednesday, in the second round of Australian Openin Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime, twenty nine seed, and qualified for the third round with a score of (7)6-7, (5)6-7, 6-4, 6-1 and 6-3, in a marathon duel lasting 4 which is hours and 44 minutes.

In the first round, which had to be delayed due to excessive noise on one of the adjacent courts which made both players uncomfortable, with 4-3 for the Canadian and only 42 minutes of play, it was decided in a tiebreaker, where The Spaniard had a set point, which he could not fulfill, and the balance fell to Aliassime.

The second would have the same script, as after both break serve at one time, the set was resolved in a tiebreak with the Canadian winning again.

Davidovich didn’t drop his arms and was strong on serve – 93% and 67% of points won on first and second serves, respectively – and took advantage of the only breaking ball he had in seventh game to send the match to the fourth sleeve (4-6).

The 25-year-old’s good momentum continued as she again showed herself to be solid on serve and broke her rival’s serve as many as three times to take the set 6-1 and force a fifth set.

In the final, the Spaniard struggled to hold serve on his second and third turns as he had to lift one and three balls respectively, but he kept fighting, while the Canadian won his serves with ease.

With the score at 3-3, Davidovich distanced himself from his opponent by taking his serve and breaking his opponent’s serve and then closed the match and completed the return.

In the third round, Spain will play against the Czech Jakub Mensik (n.48 ATP), which gave the Norwegian a surprise Casper Ruudsixth in the world ranking, in four set matches (6-2, 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4).