Alejandro Davidovich, to the quarter-finals of the Cologne tournament

The malagueño Alejandro Davidovich will play the quarterfinals of the tournament in Cologne (Germany) after a convincing victory in the round of 16 over the American Steve Johnson, world number 71, by 7-6 (3) and 6-3. Davidovich thus prolongs his good moment, after reaching the semifinals last week on the same stage and climbing to 64th place in the ATP ranking, his best ever position.

The Spanish player maintained the type during the excellent first set of the American, until arriving at a tiebreaker game that dominated with authority. In the second set, he soon gained a 5-3 lead that he closed in the next game, along with his move to the quarterfinals.

The Argentinian Diego schwartzman, second seeded, or the German Oscar Otte they will be his next rival, in search of a new semifinal. Another German, Alexander Zverev, is the top seed of the tournament.