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The Colombian Daniel Galán fell this Friday against the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the third round of the US Open, but he leaves New York with his head held high, after being the protagonist in the first round of a magnificent victory against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, number five in the world ranking.
Galan, number 21 of the world, lost 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to Davidovich after a battle of three hours and fifteen minutes in which he squandered a 4-1 lead in the fourth set.
The native of Bucaramanga was the first Colombian capable of reaching the third round of the US Open since he Mauricio Hadad will achieve in 1995.
For his part, the European Davidovich, a finalist this year in Monte Carlo and a quarterfinalist at Roland Garros last year, reached the round of 16 of the New York tournament.
Daniel Galán received the support of Colombians in New York
In a track 17 in which the yellow of several shirts of the Colombian team stood out, Daniel Galán only he conceded two break balls to open the match, but he paid for them by delivering his serve in the first game, something that ended up costing him the partial.
The Spanish tennis player played a high-level first round, solid and with few errors, and made that ‘break’ good to take a 6-4 lead.
Davidovich put Galán against the wall when he got a new break in the opening of the second quarter, but the Colombian showed personality, getting and converting his two break balls to tie the match, being able to annul two set balls.
The inertia of the match was in his favor and Davidovich was no longer able to have solidity in his blows. He even made 21 unforced errors in that set.
No However, Galán was unable to take advantage of his rival’s delicate moment. He served twice in his first three at-bats and Davidovich took the third set without much trouble, which restored his confidence.
With pride, Galán reactivated himself and escaped 4- 1 in the fourth set, but there he got stuck and succumbed to Davidovich’s resounding comeback, who chained five consecutive games to reach the round of 16.
The Colombian left a good feeling at the US Open
Despite the defeat, Galán said goodbye from New York after playing high-level tennis and taking a step forward in his career.
Born in Bucaramanga in 1996, Galán celebrated last Monday the most important victory of his career by beating Tsitsipas in four sets and revalidated that victory in a marathon against the Australian Jordan Thompson in the second round.
He did it after getting the ticket for e he main draw after passing through the demanding qualifying rounds, brilliantly overcome and without losing a set.
He beat Italian Luciano Darderi 6-3 and 6-2, to Max Purcell by 7-6 and 6-4 and to Matteo Arnaldi by 6-4 and 7-6.
In his career also stands out a third round reached at Roland Garros of 2020 and Masters 1.000 of Miami from 2021.
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