Davidovich: “Thanks to Rune’s gesture, people have come more to me”

Emotional as he has rarely been seen, Alejandro Davidovich spoke to a few media outlets, AS among them, a few minutes after his epic victory against Holger Rune. After 1 in the morning in the Caja Mágica, the tennis player from Malaga analyzed his long-suffering triumph in the corridors of the Manolo Santana Stadium in an impromptu press conference, and also gave his version of the controversy with the Danish player as a result of the decisions of Foxtenn, the review system in this Mutua Madrid Open. These were the words of ‘Foki’, who will face Croatian Borna Coric in the round of 16 on Tuesday:

Strong emotions: “I don’t think I’ve ever had these emotions of playing at home and winning a game like this, that the people are fully with you. I am very happy, it shows that they love me here in Spain and I appreciate that very much. The last few games were very tense, it had been a long game, with many break balls. But I have known how to manage it in one way or another and I have taken it with me ”.

Fatigue and controversy with Foxtenn: “There has been a lot of tension between the two of us, he looked a little tired. Regarding the Foxtenn thing, in the end I don’t want to say anything because you can see that the brand is bad and they give it a good one, nothing more”.

Discussion with Bernardes: “He told me that the protocol is what it is and that I couldn’t go down to see it.”

Do not continue playing: “I didn’t play until the supervisor came and told me the rule. If we were all seeing that it was bad, why, if the referee is there, does he not correct it?

Rune steps on the mark of the ball: “Yes, I have noticed, but they had already given it up, so I was no longer worried. But yes, she has bothered people, and thanks to Rune’s gesture, people have come to me much more and I have noticed that. I wanted to be at every point to be able to beat him”.

Lots of reviews: “There have been one or two that I hadn’t seen and they were gone for a long time, but I hadn’t gotten a good look at them. And others I have asked for in case there was a bit of luck”.

Opportunity to go far: “Each game is a new story and you never know what can happen. Rune came from making final (Montecarlo) and be champion (Munich) with a very good streak, and this stone had to be removed from the table. We’ve done it, I don’t know who’s next, but we’ll be ready. (They tell him it’s Coric) Well, that’s it.”

Play at night or day: “Yes, it is true that, at first, at night the issue of lights and views was not very good. But in the end I have adapted and I have taken it well ”.

Mental reinforcement: “You see that when you are mentally managing to be at each point and be at each moment, in the end it falls under its own weight. Continuing to be there and fighting, removing those tensions in your head, makes you win the game”.