Updated Thursday, August 31, 2023 – 02:40
Very solid, he easily got rid of the youngest of the Cerndolo brothers. He is waiting for you Tommy Paul.
Alexander Davidovich defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo at the US Open.WILL OLIVEREFE
Alejandro Davidovich (21 in the world), beat the Argentine with authority this Wednesday Juan Manuel Cerndolo (93) and reached the third round of the US Open without dropping a set in their first two duels in New York.
Davidovich was very solid against the youngest of the Cerndolo brothers and took the game 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3 in one hour and 41 minutes.
the Malaga came from another resounding victory in the first round against the American Marcos Giron (62) by 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2 in one hour and 56 minutes.
Davidovich recently reached the semifinals of the Toronto Masters 1,000 and his great form this August was only interrupted when he had to withdraw from the Cincinnati Masters 1,000 due to back problems during his second-round match against Novak Djokovic (2).
In the third round a very dangerous rival awaits him: the American Tommy Paul (14), who this Wednesday lifted two sets from Russian Roman Safiullin (60), in five sets to reach the third round. In addition, Paul is a tennis player who this summer has put Carlos Alcaraz in a lot of trouble, whom he defeated in the quarterfinals in Toronto.
For his part, Juan Manuel Cerndolo accused the effort of the first round of this US Open, when he came back in five sets against the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (103) after three and a half hours of the game.
On the other hand, Davidovich gave his compatriots joy on a Wednesday of poor fortune for the Spanish tennis players since they fell eliminated in second round Sara Sorribes (55), Rebeka Masarova (71), Roberto Carballs (63), Bernab Zapata (76), it’s ante Djokovic.
The other shutting it down
In the second round, Francisco Cerndolo (20), brother of Davidovich’s victim, also fell to the Czech Ji Vesel (437), in an epic match, where the Argentine came back from two sets down and ended up defeated in the tie-break of the fifth round, 7-6(5), 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 and 7. -6(6) in four hours and five minutes.
The Czech left-hander, who was off the court for eight months after the last edition of the US Open, will face Croatian Borna Gojo (105) in the next round, who beat American Mackenzie McDonald (40) 6-4. , 6-4 and 6-4 in two hours and 16 minutes.
2023-08-31 00:40:35
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