Ethe canadian Flix Auger-Aliassime elimin al espaol Alexander Davidovich of the Masters 1,000 in Rome in an intense match of almost three hours, by 4-6, 7-6 (2) and 6-2. Months ago, they had already starred another frantic duel in the second round of the Australian Open resolved in four sudden deaths in favor of the Canadian.
The Spaniard started well the match played on the ‘Pietrangelo’ court, completely full. He withstood the onslaught of the tournament’s eighth seed and played it right in the key moments. Davidovich it grew at the end of the first set, when he managed to break his opponent’s serve to take advantage in the duel.
But in the second, Davidovich not only had to play against Auger-Aliassime, but against the public of ‘Pietrangelo’, committed to the Canadian and who, on more than one occasion, dedicated a loud boo to the Spaniard for demanding some review from the match referee.
The second set, very even and in which neither gave up their serve, had to be decided by a ‘tie-break’ in which you sweep the Canadian (7-2).
Davidovich scowled toward his rest bench, knowing that leaving Auger-Aliassime alive was more than dangerous. And the third set proved it.
Both players lost their first serve in the final set, but the Canadian claimed his role as favorite and had more strength than the Spanishnumber 29 in the ranking, whom he broke on two other occasions to close the game with a 6-2.
Now, Auger-Aliassime awaits a rival in the round of 16, which will come from the clash between the Argentine Diego ‘El Peque’ Schwartzman and the american Mark Giron.
The Spanish tennis player says goodbye to Rome in the second round after having won the Belarusian in the first Ilya Ivashka.
Pedro Martínez can’t handle Sinner
He couldn’t surprise either. Peter Martinezwhich clearly fell against the Italian Jannik Sinner 6-4 and 6-3 in the first duel between both players.
The locals began overwhelmingly, breaking Martínez’s first serve and going up 3-0, revealing their intentions to solve how much this first round. But Martínez did not lower his arms and, when the score was 5-3 against him, I broke Sinner’s serve to complicate the set.
But the Italian, seeded tenth, pressed in the next game, returned it in ‘break’ and got the first stake.
With the stands overturned at every point, Sinner was once again a steamroller in the second moto. With the same script as in the first part of the first set, and with rights just as adjusted to the angle and powerful serves taking advantage of his 1.88m heightUnattainable for a desperate Martnez, the Italian went up 3-0 with a break of serve over the Spaniard, who this time could not even recover from the blow received and succumbed with a clear 6-3.
