Andrea Vavassori, Rival de Alcaraz; Fils advances 2r en róterdam | ATP Tour

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Walvessor, rival of Alcaraz; 2R advances in Róterdam

The Italian from the previous one will play for the second time in front of the main favorite

February 05, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz met on Wednesday who will be his rival in the second round of ABN Amro Open of Róterdam: Andrea Vavassori.

The Italian from the previous phase added one more victory in Rotterdam ATP 500, after Felix Auger-Aliassime was forced to retire with 6-7 (3), 6-4 on the scoreboard, when the clock marked a time and 40 minutes of the game.

“I’m very sorry for Felix, he is an incredible player and it was an honor for me to play against him,” the Italian warned in the interview on the track. “This is the best covered track tournament of the season, so I am grateful to be here, and I have to show that double specialists are also good players in the individual. I am very proud to be in this position. We will see against Alcaraz, it is a great opportunity. ”

Vavassori, 29, premiered his locker for ATP Tour victories in the individual painting this season and was the tenth of his career (10-12). The Italian arrived in Róterdam as a recent finalist at the Australia Open in the Double Modality, along with Simone Bolelli.

It will be the second confrontation recorded by the lexus ATP Head2head between Vavassori and Alcaraz, being the only background favorable to Spanish in the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires 2024.

For its part, the seventh head of series Arthur Fils exceeded a complicated premiere in its debut in the hard track Dutch cover. The 20-year-old Frenchman had to go back to Constant Lestienne 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1 in two hours and 8 minutes.

“I had to fight until the end, he made some complicated blows,” Fils acknowledged after the encounter with his compatriot. “It is the first time in my life that someone makes a winning blow against me with a cut … It was very difficult, but I am very happy how I drove the game. I didn’t frustrate myself after the first set, I tried to play better. ”

Fils, who added the greatest number of victories in an ATP 500 in the 2024 (17) season, has not missed the opportunity to expand his account in the first tournament of this category of this course.

In Second Ronda, Daniel Altmaier will have on the other side of the network, which in condition of Lucky Loser defeated the American Aleksandar Kovacevic 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 48 minutes.

And the last first round closed the day session on Wednesday at Róterdam in style. The local favorite Tallon Griekspoor resolved from his side an exciting duel against Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4) in two hours and 22 minutes.

The Dutch demonstrated his status as a surface specialist to advance to Second Round, where he is cited with the favorite No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas.