A marquee matchup in the Mallorca quarterfinals pits Alejandro Davidovich Fokina against Grigor Dimitrov on Thursday. Miomir Kecmanovic and Fabian Marozsan are also aiming for a place in the last four.
(WC) Grigor Dimitrov vs. (2) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
For the first time since his brutal pectoral injury at Wimbledon last summer, Dimitrov has won back-to-back matches. The 35-year-old Bulgarian defeated Marc Polmans 6-1, 7-6(3) and Abedallah Shelbayh 6-2, 6-4 to secure his spot in the quarterfinals of the Mallorca Championships. Dimitrov had been 2-8 on the main tour in 2026 prior to arriving in Mallorca, but he is showing signs of life on grass.
Up next for the former world No. 3 on Thursday is a third meeting with Davidovich Fokina, who has won both of their previous encounters. The Spaniard prevailed 6-4, 7-6(2) at the 2021 Rome Masters and got the job done again on clay 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3 at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters. Davidovich Fokina looks poised to take care of business one more time at Dimitrov’s expense. The world No. 25 may not be in peak form these days, but a 6-4, 7-5 second-round rout of an in-form Adam Walton is encouraging.
Pick: Davidovich Fokina in 2
Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Fabian Marozsan
Kecmanovic and Marozsan will be squaring off for the fourth time in their careers on Thursday. Marozsan leads the head-to-head series 2-1, including 2-0 on grass; he prevailed 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 last year in Halle and 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 at the same tournament just last week — also in the first round. Kecmanovic’s victory came via a 7-6(0), 6-3, 6-4 decision this spring on the red clay of Roland Garros.
Past H2H results may indicate that Marozsan is a superior grass-court player, but that probably isn’t the case. Both men own losing records on this surface during their careers, and the 62nd-ranked Hungarian has played just 19 total professional matches on the green stuff. He has ousted Alex Molcan (from three match points down) and Alejandro Tabilo in the first two rounds this week, while Kecmanovic scraped past Antoine Ghibaudo and Lorenzo Sonego in three sets. This is a 50-50 matchup — one in which the 51st-ranked Serb has a nice opportunity to avenge his Halle loss.
Pick: Kecmanovic in 3