He put enthusiasm, courage, predisposition and success, especially during two exciting sets that lasted up to 83 minutes the first and 77 the second. But it was not enough. Against a tennis player of the depth and mental resistance of Novak Djokovic, you have to take advantage of every window of opportunity and Alejandro Davidovich did not succeed. His tennis cannot be blamed while the match was on the sill, but the fact of not having capitalized on his fantastic shots can be. He passed those of Cain on to a legend for a long time but failed to surprise. In the end he defeated the Serb 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-2 in 3 hours 36 minutes. Djokovic, despite his obvious problems with the serve, gets into the round of 16 and continues his adventure of becoming the tennis player with the most Grand Slam tournaments in history.
Even on two occasions Davidovich was break up in the first set. He was driving Djokovic crazy at times, who committed as many as three double faults in the same game. Sometimes he was dismasting him with a recital of jabs that angered the Serb, who made sour faces and took his bad temper out for a walk.
The wind also entered the fray, with the Balkan playing much better against Eolo than in favor. Total, that the man from Malaga served to take the first set but there his pulse trembled and he ended up giving up in sudden death, there where the great champions usually impose their law.
The public had enjoyed a great time and the wear and tear had been significant. It was about checking if Davidovich, who beat Djokovic in Monte Carlo last year, was diluted like a sugar cube or was still in the fight. It turned out at that moment the second. 2-0, serve and 40-15 for the Spanish in the second set. But then the slide came again and Djokovic turned it around with two breaks in a row (2-3 and serve). It seemed that Davidovich was beginning to hand over the weapons. However, it was not. The match entered a cascade of breaks (up to six in the set) and the set was resolved again in the tiebreaker, with the same luck, a partial victory for Djokovic. Before, with 6-5 Davidovich had a ball to take it away, but he missed a setback.
The game was hot and the Serb asked for medical attention. Part of the public interpreted it as a trick (Nole has precedents in this sense) and Djokovic responded by raising his thumb and clapping ironically.
The game was already almost impossible for the man from Malaga. The normal thing was to collapse after exhibiting his best level. He tried to hold on but he no longer gave the same reply as before in front of a Djokovic who spent the afternoon gesturing. The bad temper is his gasoline.
