After Davidovich’s triumph, the Madrid Masters 1000 will have an atypical semifinalist

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (35th of the ATP) won a great game after defeating Holger Rune (7°) by 7-6 (1), 5-7 and 7-6 (5) in the Masters 1000 of Madrid. In this way, he went to the round of 16 of the Spanish tournament and will face Borna Coricwho defeated Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets.

Absolutely everything happened in the game. First, a discussion between Davidovich Fokina and the umpire Carlos Bernardes over the pike of a ball and then back and forth between Rune and the public.

For now, with this result, the Madrid Masters 1000 is going to have a rather atypical semifinalist since between Jaume Munar, Daniel Altmaier, Borna Coric and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina himselfthere will be a player who reaches that instance.

Taking only tournaments of this nature into account, Coric has played three semifinals so far: in 2018 in Indian Wells and Shanghai and in 2022 in Cincinnati. In this last He managed to become champion in what was his most important title so far in his career.

Davidovich FokinaFor his part, he participated in only one semifinal. It was in Monte-Carlo last season, an edition in which lost in the final against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

In the hypothetical case that James Munar reaching the semifinals would be his first. The Spaniard, who made headlines this week due to an altercation he had with Thanasi Kokkinakis, comes from beating the Italian Matteo Arnaldi.

In case of Daniel Altamier deserved a special box. The German entered the main draw in Madrid as a lucky loser after Pablo Carreño Busta was dropped. In this way, he not only made sure to participate in the main draw but also to avoid starting the contest in the first round. Subsequently, he defeated his compatriots Oscar Otte y Yannick Hanfmann to reach his first round of 16 of a Masters 1000.

For now, in the event that the semifinalist in this part of the draw was Munar or Altmaier, we would be talking about an unprecedented semifinalist.

However; Who are those who by ranking should have reached the decisive instances? One of them is Casper Ruud; The Norwegian is not having a great season and Madrid was no exception as he lost in his debut against Arnaldi. Félix Auger-Aliassime y Holger RuneUndoubtedly, they are others of those who were left on the road sooner than expected.

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