Spanish tennis player Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated France’s Luca Van Assche 6-3, 7-5 after 1 hour 54 minutes of play in the second round of the ATP 250 Series in Estoril. The 24th ranked in the world will meet Italy’s Marco Cecchinato in the quarterfinals.
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Alexander Davidovich Fokina He is in his best moment, established in his ranking and showing good tennis week after week. Last season he reached the finals ATP M1000 de Montecarlo, in which tournament went the furthest. In general, it has been difficult for him to get into decisive situations, but he has always competed, which is why he reached the quarterfinals Doha, Estoril, London and Hamburg. His year 2023 started with quarters Adelaideanother round in Australian Openeighth Lyonloss in Rotterdamenter the rooms Doha, eighth Dubai, enter the rooms Indian Wells and secondly Miami.
Luca Van Assche He is a very young player from the new French generation who is already competing at a high level. At only 18 years old, he became the champion of the series last season Cars ITF M15+H. On the Challenger circuit, his best result was the final Lisbon and Brest. In addition, he reached the semi-finals of the classification Blois. His year 2023 started with a loss Canberra, Auckland and the Australian Openeighth Quimperdrop in Montpellierenter the rooms Cherbourgfarewell in Marseille and two consecutive titles in Pau and Sanremo.
Davidovich escapes to advance
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Luca Van Assche eyes met in an interesting match for the second round Estoril ATP 250.
The beginning of the game marked a clear trend for the Spaniard, who after defending easily attacked the comeback and got chances, but to no avail. In the fourth game, he became aggressive again and got away. Afterwards, the Frenchman was encouraged to let go, he looked for a recovery, but he failed to beat his chances. Davidovich quickened his pace and went forward 6-3 in 43 minutes.
In the second period, Luca came to show his power, took risks and decisions on the right, looked for spaces and took advantage of them to get 3-0. However, the Spaniard came back into the game with his wonderful tennis, decided to charge his game due to his opponent’s backhand and scoring. For his part, Van Assche continued to maintain his intensity, looked for more and had a set point but it eluded him. With great fighting spirit, Davidovich advanced por 6-3, 7-5 after 1h54min.
