The Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the number 25 in world tennis, was eliminated today in the second round of the Shanghai Masters after losing 6-2, 7-5 to the Frenchman Arthur Fils, ranked 44th in the international rankings.
The match, which lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes, started in a positive way for the Frenchman, who managed to take a 4-1 lead in just 18 minutes thanks to his good defense – he seemed to reach all of them – and some powerful serves that put him in danger. troubles to Davidovich Fokina.
The man from Malaga could not achieve his advantages and lamented his bad luck with the net and his errors on the backhand, which allowed Fils to take over his games much more easily. The Spanish tennis player only saved 2 of the 6 breaking balls he faced throughout the two sets.
‘Foki’ finally found his best version when Fils was already 4-1 again in the second set, but it was too late and, despite managing to get 5-5 with an increasingly inspired game, the Frenchman got in again in the match and finished the duel supported by the renewed vigor of his services, which allowed him to score up to 7 ‘aces’.
For his part, the number three in world tennis, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, was eliminated today in the third round of the Shanghai Masters after losing 7-6 and 6-2 against the American Sebastian Korda in almost an hour and a half.
Korda, ranked 26th in the international rankings, had already beaten the Russian earlier this year at the Australian Open (7-6, 6-3, 7-6).
The Russian, very demanding in the rest, showed his frustration in the final part of the duel, which left some high-quality points and raised numerous applauses from the audience on the center court of the Qizhong sports center.
In the next match, Korda will have as his rival the winner of the match between the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics and the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, which will be played this afternoon.
