Stockholm will not see a Spanish duel in the quarterfinals, because both Pedro Martínez and Alejandro Davidovich fell on Wednesday and that possibility disappeared. The Valencian fell to the American Frances Tiafoe by a double 6-4 in 91 minutes, while the Malaga man could not with the British Daniel Evans, who won 7-6 (5) and 6-2 in 98. The winners will be the ones who cross this Thursday in the next round.
Martínez came from playing a great game, but also from spending three intense hours on the court, against the Finn Ruusuvuori, which could have taken its toll. against a good server with an impressive physique, such as Tiafoe. However, he had opportunities to get ahead and after leveling the score in the second set, but the American saved the six break opportunities that Pedro had, who, failing in one of them, threw the racket to the ground. Tiafoe reaches the quarter-finals for the fifth time this year.
Davidovich, for his part, was deflated after losing the opportunity to get ahead in a first set in which he was with a hopeful 4-2 and that he escaped in the tiebreaker. He had previously had two break points at 5-5 on the electronic. The second set started with a devastating 4-0 against him that he could no longer lift.
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