No. 12 seed Rafael Jodar and No. 25 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will meet in Sunday’s all-Spanish final at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.
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The 20-year-old Jodar reached his first career ATP Masters 1000 final with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against No. 5 Daniil Medvedev of Russia. The 27-year-old Davidovich Fokina advanced to his second by rallying for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 upset of No. 1 Alexander Zverev of Germany in Saturday’s semifinals.
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After rallying from a set down in each of his first four matches this week, Jodar needed only 1 hour and 44 minutes to set up the ninth all-Spanish Masters 1000 title in ATP Tour history.
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Jodar’s 22 winners were eight more than Medvedev, the 2019 champion.
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“It was a very tough match,” Jodar said in his on-court interview. “In the first set all the games were very close, break points for him and break points for me. I am super happy with how I handled the important moments in the first set and how I served and returned. Daniil is a very tough player. He played great today, so I had to play my best level to play him.”
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Jodar saved four of six break points and converted four of his seven break chances to become the second-youngest man to record 20 Masters 1000 wins in a season. Countryman Rafael Nadal had 28 at age 19 in 2005.
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Jodar, who won his maiden title at Marrakech earlier this year, is the first man born in 2006 or later to reach a Masters 1000 final.
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Davidovich Fokina collected the only service break of the second set in the final game to level the match. He jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the final set and finished the upset on his third match point after 2 hours and 2 minutes.
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It was his sixth career top-5 win and his first in 2026.
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“It doesn’t matter the result, I am just thinking about every ball,” Davidovich Fokina said in his on-court interview. “I knew that if I stayed there all match, I could get at least one chance and I took it there in the second set. Then in the third set, I think I was better physically. The early break in the third set gave me a lot of power. I focused on just playing, not mattering about the result but enjoying.”
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Zverev, who is guaranteed to finish the year with the world’s No. 1 ranking, struck 18 aces but Davidovich Fokina posted a 36-28 advantage in winners.
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