Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich extended his idyll with these words: monte carlo tournament and for the first time in his career, he reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 after returning in the quarterfinals against the Americans. taylor fritzfor 2-6, 6-4 y 6-3after two hours and twenty-four minutes of play.
It’s a big week for the twenty-two-year-old Malaga tennis player, who is already a quarter-finalist in this category-winning Monegasque event on soil. He achieved the most important victory of his career in the second round against world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic and now crossed the hurdle where he stood a course ago.
The Spaniard didn’t initially feel like he could beat an American number one in Monte Carlo since Sam Querrey in 2008. Davidovich started with some pressure. He knew he was facing a great opportunity to score a goal in his career.
Fritz is the only player to beat this season Raphael Nadal this season so far weeks ago, he showed more balance and more success to conquer the second title of his career and the most relevant at the moment, the Masters 1000 at Indian Wells. He pointed to his arm with authority and excessive solvency.
The former world number two and young Wimbledon champion couldn’t find a way to break the American’s serve. In the final part of the second set, he managed to break at the eighth opportunity. and it serves to connect the game. Made. He struggled to tie his arm, but he managed.
Davidovich took a load off his shoulders and everything changed. He won with determination and calmness. And he began to count the winning points. He kept his cool at the beginning of the last episode, and when he broke again, he accelerated a second time.. Fritz sank, succumbing to his defeat.
The man from Malaga, who was the second youngest after Italian Jannik Sinner for the remainder of the tournament, once again knocked out tenth favorite Fritz, whom he managed to beat at Estoril in 2019. Also on clay.
This The only surviving Spaniard in Monte Carlo You are faced with a unique opportunity. It will play in the final with the winner of the duel between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.