Alexander Davidovich He is already in the quarterfinals of the Conde de Godó tournament in Barcelona, after beating the Finn in two sets Emil Ruusuvuori (6-4 and 7-5) in an hour and 25 minutes of meeting. The man from Malaga awaits a rival and he will come out of the clash between the Valencian Roberto Bautista and the Murcian Carlos Alcarazthe first seed in the tournament and winner in last year’s edition.
The tennis player from La Cala del Moral soon took advantage, number 38 in the world and tenth seed in the Barcelona tournament, breaking his rival’s serve in the third game and maintaining his serve, conceding only one breaking ball, until taking the first round by 6-4.
In a more even second set, both players exchanged two service breaks before Davidovich again broke the Finn’s serve with two good parallels in the eleventh game. The man from Malaga, solid, confirmed his pass to the next round with a comfortable volley into the net after a good crossed setback: 7-5 and match.
Davidovich will play his fifth quarterfinal this season after reaching this round at tournaments in Adelaide (Australia), Doha (Qatar), Estoril (Portugal) and the Masters 100 in Indian Wells (United States). In this way, he will try to play his first semifinal of the season in Barcelona.