Incredible thing about Jódar in Cincinnati: he comes back from 1-5 and two match points against Shapovalov

The Spanish Rafa Jodar He came back from 1-5 down in the third set, annulled two match points and triumphed 7-5, 4-6 and 7-5 against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov to advance to the third round of the Cincinnati Masters 1,000.

Jódar had lost it,down 1-5 in the third quarter after receiving medical attention due to discomfort in his left leg, but he found a way to recover from the two disadvantage breaks and chained six consecutive games to seal an epic victory.

Everything happened at the Grandstand track in Cincinnati, where Jódar, number eleven in the worldalso angered Shapovalov by twice interrupting a game in progress due to problems with his shoes.

In the second pause, which occurred at 3-5 in the third set, Jódar stopped the game for more than a minute and needed help from his father to fix one of your shoessomething that caused Shapovalov’s reaction.

The 19-year-old from Madrid, the protagonist of an extraordinary season on the ATP circuit, found a way to balance the match and his three breaks against Shapovalov opened the way to the third round.

At the end of the game, Jódar apologized to Shapovalov, who reproached him for using breaks due to problems with his shoes to drink water.

Jódar will be the Chilean’s rival Alejandro Tabilo in the third round.