Alejandro Davidovich Fokina outlasts Jurij Rodionov 6-4 1-6 7-63 in the quarter in Mallorca Challenger on Friday after winning a huge battle. Davidovich Fokina will play against Emil Ruusuvuori in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Spaniard conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
The Austrian was far too good to drop just 1 game before breaking the Spaniard 2 times and win the set 6-1.
The Spaniard had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).
3rd set.
Alejandro won the set after he broke Jurij in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Jurij tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Anyhow, Alejandro didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set at the following breaker at 3.
Statistics
Alejandro won this match even if he scored less points than the Austrian (87 vs. 98).
The Spaniard won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Rodionov didn’t lose the concentration in converting 80% of the break points that he conquered points (4/5). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Rodionov is 1-0.
Next Match: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Emil Ruusuvuori – stats
Davidovich Fokina will face Ruusuvuori in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Emil Ruusuvuori since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ViolaViola – Blaz KavcicKavcic (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 1-6 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – See H2H details
