The Spanish tennis player Alejandro Davidovich He qualified this Saturday for the final del DC Open de Washington After defeating the American Ben Shelton 6-2 and 7-5. It will be measured by the title with the Australian Alex de Miñaur.
Davidovich, 26 of the world, only needed an hour and 19 minutes to get rid of Shelton (number 8). The final against Minaur will be played this Sunday, not before 17.00 local time (21.00 GMT), at the Creek Tennis Center Rock stadium in the Federal Capital.
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It will be the third final who disputes Davidovich this year and the fourth of his careerafter those of Delray Beach Open and the Mexican Open this 2025 and that of the 1,000 masters of Montecarlo in 2022. Until now, they have lost them all.
From Miñaur13 of the world and with nine titles in his record, he reached the final after getting rid of this Saturday of the Frenchman Corentin Moutet POR 6-4 Y 6-2. Davidovich and Miñaur have faced four times in the circuit, with two victories for each one. The last one was in the Canada 1,000 Masters of 2023, with victory for the Australian.
This Saturday, Davidovich played a match that touched perfection. The Malaga had already taken the measures to Shelton, whom he had defeated in the two precedents between them. Shelton won his first two blank games, showing a difficult solidity to beat. But there came.
Davidovich broke the next two Shelton's serve games, subtracting at a high level to take the first 6-2 set in just 27 minutes. In the second manga, the Malaga continued to endure the powerful serve of Shelton until he broke the service in the seventh game.
But The American recovered the 'break' In the next game, retaking the set initiative. However, the Malaga had his rival very studied and broke the service in the decisive eleventh game to get 6-5 with serve in favor. With him he closed the game.
The Malaga ended the encounter with 71 % of first serves, 78 % of points won in the first serve and 60 % in the second. In addition, it won 33 % of points in the first serve of Shelton and 52 % in the second. Shelton placed 7 direct serves for only one from Davidovich, but also committed five double fouls, for one of Spanish.
With today's victory, Davidovich ensures a position among the First 20 of the ATP ranking from Mondaythe best classification of your career.
Davidovich's journey towards the Washington final began with his debut in the second round-which directly agreed with a 'bye'-defeating his compatriot Jaume Munar (world of the world) by 6-4 and 6-2.
Subsequently, he surpassed the American Learner Tien (67 of the world) in Third Round with a double 6-2 and eliminated the American Taylor Fritz, number 4 of the ATP and first head of the tournament, in the quarterfinals for 6 (3) -7, 6-3 and 7-5.
The DC Open, an ATP and WTA 500, marks the beginning of the hard track season in the United States towards the US Open. After Sunday's final, the Malaga will travel to Toronto to dispute the 1,000 Masters of Canada.
