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Davidovich stays the Spanish derby against flames in Paris

It joins Alcaraz and Carreño in the second round of Roland Garros

May 26, 2025

Eight Spaniards were part of the main box of Roland Garros in 2025 and two of them were framed in the same box to star in a derby in the first round: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, head of series No. 26, and Pablo Llamas Ruiz, which comes from the previous phase.

Despite the greatest filming of Llamas Ruiz in this edition on the French beaten land, where he arrived after linking three victories in La Qualy, Davidovich’s experience was imposed on four sets 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in the first duel recorded by the Lexus ATP Head2head between them.

As a curiosity, it was the first time that Davidovich faced a compatriot in his 46 games in Grand Slam. He only had an antecedent in the previous phase of the Australia Open 2019 against Daniel Gimeno-Traver and the balance also opted on his side.

The 25-year-old from Malaga, who was already a semifinalist at the ATP Masters 1000 in Montecarlo and fourth-phase in Barcelona last month, reached 50 victories in his racing on beaten land-present a 50-43 record in total on this surface-and raised his balance of matches won and lost this season in brick powder to 9-5.

Davidovich joins, in this way, his compatriots Carlos Alcaraz and Pablo Carreño Busta in the second round of Roland Garros.

No. 29 of the PIF ATP Rankings will face the winner of the match that currently measures Jiri Leheckka and Jordan Thompson.

For his part, Albert Ramos Viñolas could not accompany the rest of Spaniards in second round in Paris. And it is that after making a large classification phase, winning its three games in the previous one without giving a set, in its last adventure in the main box of Roland Garros could not with the standard head No. 7 Casper Ruud.

The two-time Grand Slam finalist on beaten land bent to the Catalan 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and six minutes. Ruud will play his next duel against Portuguese Nuno Borges, who had to fight to the fifth set against French from the previous Kyrian Jacquet 4-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

Nor could Roberto Bautista Aguet move on, although he began sending before the head of series No. 10 Holger Rune. But the Spanish could not culminate the surprise before the Danish, which was replaced by 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in three hours and 15 minutes.

Rune, twice a quarterfinalist in Paris, will face the American guest Emilio Nava, who could with Botic Van de Zandschulp 6-2, 7-5, 7-5.

Finally, Pedro Martínez gave in his premiere in front of the favorite No. 27 Denis Shapovalov by 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 in an hour and 39 minutes. The Canadian, who has reached the third round in the last two seasons in the French Grand Slam, will try to repeat the same result against Bu Yunchaokete or the Austrian from the previous Filip Misolic.

Did you know what …?

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has a 9-6 record in Roland Garros, according to the index of victories and defeats Infosys ATP, and in the second round in Paris he will seek his tenth triumph over the French beaten earth. It would be the first Grand Slam in which it reaches double digit.