Young Frenchman Luca Van Assche (77th in the world) beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, seeded N.7, in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg on Wednesday 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6 -4.
Trailing one set to zero, Van Assche overthrew his Spanish opponent in three sets on German clay, having won the second on the tie-break and mastered the last by taking the face-off his opponent early.
The 19-year-old player, who carries some of the hopes of French tennis on his shoulders, won for the first time against the Spaniard, 39th player in the world. He had lost in their first two confrontations, in April at Estoril (Portugal) and in the second round of Roland-Garros in May.
He will face in the quarter-finals the winner of the round of 16 disputed in the evening between two Germans: Alexander Zverev, N.4, and Maximilian Marterer, 144th player in the world.