Zverev, Medvedev ousted with Spaniards to clash for Shanghai title
Jodar and Davidovich Fokina advanced after upsetting higher-ranked opponents, with Jodar extending his China winning streak to nine matches.
- On Saturday, Rafael Jodar ousted Daniil Medvedev in straight sets at the Shanghai Masters, reaching his first final at the prestigious 1000 level.
- A grueling 13-minute opening game set the tone as Jodar raced to a 2-0 second-set lead after a medical timeout, eventually clinching victory with a decisive forehand.
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina stunned top seed Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, employing "grit, lightning-fast returns and graceful drop shots" in the other semi-final.
- Fatigue hampered Zverev, the French and US Open champion, who told reporters, "I think a break is quite necessary now" before a Vienna tournament beginning October 26.
- Following his ATP 250 title in Chengdu last month, Davidovich Fokina extended his winning streak in China to nine matches, setting up an all-Spanish final against Jodar.
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SHANGHAI (AP) — Alejandro Davidovich Fokina upset future No. 1 Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Shanghai Masters final on Saturday. The 25th-seeded Spaniard, who won the ATP 250 Chengdu Open in China last month, reached the second Masters final of his career after losing on clay at Monte Carlo in 2022. He
Zverev, Medvedev ousted with Spaniards to clash for Shanghai title
The 26th-ranked Davidovich Fokina fought back to stun wilting top seed Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. In the second semi-final the 20-year-old Jodar beat Medvedev, a decade his senior, 6-3, 6-4 to deny the Russian former world number one a chance to return to the championship match he won in 2019. Jodar, ranked 13th, started the season ranked 168th. It is his first time in a final at the prestigious 1000 level. "It was very fun," Jodar told th…
The new generation of world tennis has officially announced its next big name. In a match that will be remembered for a long time, 20-year-old Spanish phenomenon Rafael Hoddar recorded the greatest victory of his career, overcoming world No. 6 Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai. With this triumph, the young Spaniard not only secured a place in his first major final, but also rewrote history, bec…
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