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EThe Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina reached his first final as a professional in the ATP, and he did so at the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo, and now he will face the defending champion of the tournament, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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Davidovich, 46 in the world ranking and 22 years old, beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7(2/7) and 6-3 in the semifinal, after two hours and 41 minutes of play.
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In his second appearance at the ATP Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo, Davidovich, who reached the quarterfinals last year at Roland Garros, had already made it to the top eight in 2021 at the same principality event.
The Andalusian was able to contain the versatile game of Dimitrov, one of the fastest players on the circuit, and filled with great confidence he dominated the first set without a break against, but in the second set and with 5-4 and his service, the Bulgarian broke him to send the partial to sudden death that was charged on Dimitrov’s side.
In the third and final set, Dimitrov grabbed a second break of the match to take a 2-0 lead, and had up to four more break chances to go 3-0, but the Spaniard managed to come out ahead to level the set and take the lead. victory at the end.
For his part, Tsitsipas will have the opportunity to defend the title won in 201, after beating the German Alexander Zverev in the other semifinal with a resounding 6-4, 6-2.
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Tsitsipas gave a convincing display, the best of the week, with a true master class, precision, power and speed.
The Greek and world five conceded only two points on his serve throughout the second set and ended up driving Zverev to despair, who lost the last four games of the match.
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