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TORONTO: Australia's Alex De Minaur overcame blustery conditions to secure a breakthrough 6-1 6-3 victory over Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Canadian Open on Saturday (Aug 12) to reach the first Masters 1000 final of his career.
Novak Djokovic battled into the French Open fourth round for a 14th consecutive year on Friday as Carlos Alcaraz also progressed, after women's third seed Jessica Pegula and men's seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev were dumped out of the tournament. Djokovic has made headlines for his comments about Kosovo this week but his on-court progress has been relatively serene, reaching the second week without dropping a set. The Serb star was made to work hard by Spanish 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who served for the first set and missed a set point in the second, but won 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina made a shocking exit from Wimbledon on Wednesday night after he copped a point penalty at a crucial moment during his match against Jiri Vesely. The surprising incident took place during the fifth-set match tie-break between the pair on Court 17. Ad/> Davidovich Fokina had hit a forehand into the net, which gave his opponent a 9-7 lead in the first-to-10 tie-breaker.
Emma Raducanu was pictured in a Tottenham shirt while preparing for the Stuttgart Open, allaying fears over the blisters that hampered her Billie Jean King Cup tournament last week. The teenager struggled through her match against former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova.
Tsitsipas brushed aside Alexander Zverev on Saturday to set up a Monte Carlo Masters final against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the conqueror of world number one Novak Djokovic. Greek world number five Tsitsipas beat third-ranked Zverev 6-4, 6-2, showing no ill effects of a marathon quarter-final win over Diego Schwartzman which finished at 11:00pm Friday. "It was hard to resume today after a difficult match last night" said 23-year-old Tsitsipas.
Rafael Nadal has sent a message of congratulations to fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina after the world No 46 enjoyed a career-best week at the Monte Carlo Masters, beating world Novak Djokovic in the world No 1's opening match before reaching his first-ever final. The 22-year-old suffered a straight-sets defeat to defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's final, as the Greek won the title for a second consecutive year.
Former British No.1 Greg Rusedski believes Stefanos Tsitsipas’ victory at the Monte-Carlo Masters puts him amongst an elite group of four players capable of winning the 2022 French Open. The Greek world No.5 saw off unseeded Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets to secure his first title since Lyon last year. Ad/> Tsitsipas has now won a total of four titles on clay – including back-to-back triumphs in the Principality – and Rusedski feels it puts the 2021 Roland Garros runner-up in a strong position to go one better in Paris this year.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has followed in Roger Federer's footsteps as just the second man in history to back up his Masters 1000-level defeat of Novak Djokovic by reaching the final. The 22-year-old stunned the top seed in his opening match earlier this week and has now backed it up by making it to the championship match, where he faces defending champ Stefanos Tsitsipas for the title.