Under a scorching sun on court number 2 in Ariake, home of tennis at the Games, Alejandro Davidovich, number 35 in the ATP ranking, swept away Pedro Sousa (120) in just one hour in his Olympic debut (6-3, 6- 0). Foki, with much more ball weight and more tennis speed, was even able to solve his Olympic debut with two donuts, but in the first set he wasted three set balls. It is not important. The man from Malaga will be in the next round with little physical wear and the feeling that he has arrived at the Games in good condition.
Davidovich, fantastic with his two-handed backhand, very deep, and a lover of the left hands, who practiced with sensitivity without finding answers from Sousa, will be measured in the second round against Millman, who beat Musetti (4-3, 6-4). Musetti took Djokovic to five sets in Paris this year … but won the Australian, the last hurdle before Foki’s dreamed battle against Djokovic, in what can be an unforgettable experience for the Malaga player after his great Roland Garros this course.
Carreño shines in his debut
Pablo Carreño started his way in Tokyo brilliantly, with a solid win over the American Tennys Sandgren, whom he beat by a score of 7-5 and 6-2 in one hour and 32 minutes of the game. After two breaks for both tennis players in the first set, the Spaniard turned the balance in his favor with the break of the eleventh game to later close the sleeve with the service. His pulse did not tremble and with that confidence he faced the second round with total superiority, getting a break at the start and canceling Sandgren. His rival in the next round will be the Croatian Marin Cilic, who defeated the Brazilian Menezes in a titanic duel of 3 hours and 24 minutes: 6-7, 7-5 and 7-6.
Defeat of Carballés against Basilashvili
Roberto Carballés, who made his debut like Davidovich in some Games, could not pass the premiere, as the Malaga man did, when he fell against the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in two sets (6-3 and 6-2 in 1:13). The 28-year-old from Tenerife was very unfortunate and he himself recognized it on the track. “I’m missing balls that I haven’t missed in my life,” he said at the start of the second set. Roberto could not enter the game at any time against a solid and focused rival who will face in the second round the Japanese Taro Daniel or the Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
Olympic tennis results.