Hamburg Open: Davidovich Fokina advances to the quarter finals
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Jozef Kovalik 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Monte-Carlo 2022 | © Norbert Scanella / Panoramic
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina reached the last 8 of the Hamburg Open by winning against Slovak qualifier Jozef Kovalik 6-2, 6-2 at Am Rothenbaum on Wednesday.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 35, will play the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.
The Spaniard beat Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 5 seed (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round. Kovalik, ranked No 186, won against German wildcard Max Hans Rehberg (3-6, 7-5, 6-1).
Hamburg ATP 500, other second-round matches (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.911.620, most recent results first):
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Filip Krajinovic
- Fabio Fognini vs. Karen Khachanov
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Andrey Rublev
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Alex Molcan beat Pablo Carreno Busta (4): 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
- Borna Coric beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 6-4
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