The Spanish Alejandro Davidovich withdrew due to injury against Novak Djokovic. There was a lot of expectation for the duel between Davidovich and Djokovic but the back pain forced withdrawal after 42 minutes from Malaga, who withdrew at the start of the second set after having lost the first 6-4.
Davidovich will have to recover as soon as possible to get to the United States Open as well as possiblewhich begins in New York on August 28.
Number 23 in the world -his best ranking so far-, the Spanish he was having a very good time in a way since last week he was a semifinalist in Toronto.
For his part, Djokovic, number 2 in the world, had not competed on American soil since the US Open final lost in 2021 against him Russian Daniil Medvedev.
The Serbian was unable to play the last US Open and missed the last three North American Masters 1,000 tours (the spring of 2022 and 2023 and the summer of 2022) due to his refusal to vaccinate against the coronavirus.
Djokovic, that he was not particularly in tune with his tennis during the stretch in which Davidovich was physically well, will face in the round of 16 in Cincinnati to a veteran of his generation like the French Gael Monfilswho gave the surprise by beating the Australian of Spanish origin Álex Miñaur (12).
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For his part, Bucsa was eliminated before Paolini (43) by 6-1 and 6-3 in one hour and four minutes.
The Spaniard (84) had no luck in this duel, accumulating 6 double faults throughout the match, was only able to win 13.3% of her points with second serve and lost 6 games in a row in the first set.
Bucsa had signed a huge victory in the first rounda by coming back from Switzerland Belinda Bencic (14) 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2 in 2 hours and 29 minutes, which was her first win against a top 20 player.
2023-08-17 04:57:32
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