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Davidovich can handle Bautista at his premiere in Adelaide

The Spaniard will be the rival of the No. 2 favorite Sebastian Korda

January 06, 2025

The main draw of the Adelaide International 2025 only includes the presence of two Spanish players and the draw wanted them both to face each other in the first round this Monday.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina emerged victorious from the duel against his compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut, after winning 7-5, 6-2, in one hour and 43 minutes.

As fate would have it, Davidovich Fokina had opened the season in Hong Kong also against a rival from his country. But last week he lost to Jaume Munar in three sets. This time the thorn was removed against Bautista Agut, who opened his participation in 2025 in Adelaide.

The No. 68 in the PIF ATP Rankings took advantage of his opportunities to the rest, converting four of the nine break options he had (two in each set) and raising the points won with his first serve to 72%, according to Infosys ATP statistics.

Davidovich managed to equal the Lexus ATP Head2Head against Bautista (2-2) and was able to avenge his last defeat against the Castellón native, which was precisely in the quarterfinals in Adelaide two years ago.

Now in the second round he will be the rival of the No. 2 seed and finalist in 2024 Sebastian Korda. The American, who underwent elbow surgery, has not competed since the last edition of the US Open.

Another of the names of this Monday was that of Denis Shapovalov, who debuted his record of victories this season against the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-4 in just 67 minutes.

The Canadian was impeccable with his serve to advance to the second round, signing nine aces and 97% with first serves (31/32). His next rival will come from the duel that brings together the Australian Aleksandar Vukic and the American Marcos Giron.