Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich beat the American in two sets this Friday to reach the first semi-final of the season. mackenzie mcdonald In the quarterfinals of the Masters 1,000 tournament in Toronto (Canada), he moved up to 23rd place in the ATP rankings, his best position ever.
Malaga tennis player beat McDonald 6-4 and 6-2 A little over an hour and a half to be the first semi-finalist in Toronto. In the fight for the final, the winner of tonight’s match between second favorite Russian Daniil Medvedev and Australian Alex de Minaur will be his opponent.
In the only precedent between the two – in Stockholm in 2021 – Davidovich was far superior to McDonald, whom he had already beaten. In the first round, he bounced back from 0-2 after losing his first serve and eventually won 6-4. ‘timeouts’ in the third and ninth games.
In the second set, the Malaga player broke the serve of McDonald’s twice and drew. A solid 3-0 for the American Reacting with a ‘time out’ in game four, Davidovich returned to close the duel 6-2 on his third match point.
Alejandro Davidovich became the current number 37 and 24 in the world. It will be #1 from Monday. number 23 in the world ranking, Best position of his career on the ATP circuit.