He Spanish Alexander Davidovicheleventh seed in the Barcelona Openpaid for the excess of errors in key moments of the game against Serbian Dusan Lajovicand said goodbye to the tournament after losing by 6-7 (10), 6-3 y 1-6in two and a half hours of play.
Davidovich27th in the world ranking, debuted this Thursday in the Catalan capital, after going directly to the round of 16 yesterday due to illness of the Czech Tomas Machacwho was to be his rival in the second round.
And I have a bad time before Lajovic, 59 of the ATPfrom the first sleeve, that had six breaks and where the man from Malaga saved a set point at 5-6 before the duel went to a tie-break.
In the tiebreaker, both tennis players competed in who made the most mistakes with the right, to the point that Davidovich wasted four set points and the Serbian another two, before closing it 10-12.
The Spanish played better in the second set. More accurate with his forehand, more focused on the court and more solid with his serve – he only lost it on one occasion -, he took it this time 6-3 with a break at the beginning and another at the end of the sleeve.
But Lajovic The third set started like a shot, before a Davidovich again very erratic. He went 0-3 and, when the Andalusian wanted to react, saved four breaking balls with 1-3 on the scoreboardwhich prevented his opponent from getting into the game.
Full stop in Barcelona
There, a Davidovich very dazed and was only able to take advantage of five of the fifteen breaking balls available to him, he lowered his arms and He only won one point until the final 6-1.
In the quarterfinals, Dusan Lajovic will face the winner of the match between the Australian Alex de Miñaurfourth seed in the Barcelona tournament, y el frances Arthur Fils (16).