Alejandro Davidovich It does not win for dislikes. The Spanish tennis player returned to live a black episode in his career by leaving this Saturday the Masters 1,000 Cincinnati (United States) and its rival, JOAO FONSECAadvance to the next round. Davidovich, number 18 of the world, He won 7-6 and 4-0 when he began accusing physical problems that led him to lose the next five games against the Brazilian. With 5-4 below the second set, the Malaga retired.
The Andalusian also came from abandoning the Canada 1,000 masterswithdrawing from his eighth duel against the Russian Andrey Rublev in the third set by abdominal pains. The Spanish, which two weeks ago played the final of the Washington Open -darted by the Australian Alex de Miñaur -is in the best position of his career in the ranks of the ATP.
Fonseca will play the third round against the winner of the party between the Italian Flavio Cobolli and the French Terence atmane. Davidovich had everything in his favor to advance to the next round of the tournament, but again the physical problems ended him. The Spanish player was deploying a great level against the young promise of world tennis, without giving him the option after the first manga in the Tie-Break, when the pains began and ended up losing five consecutive games.
Such a shame 😞
Davidovich Fokina is forced to retire, sending Joao Fonseca through 6-7 5-4 RET.#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/kt6rXtdLnT
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 9, 2025
Those who have happened to the Malaga tennis player, who will represent Spain in the next Davis Cup against Denmark in September are already twice. The same thing happened against Andrey Rublev and now against Fonseca, just when he is in one of the best moments of his career after reaching his highest ranking. Luck is not accompanying Davidovich In the latter tournaments and has had to say goodbye to Cincinnati ahead of time because of physical problems.
