An injury decides Jódar’s rival in the Shanghai quarterfinals
Rafa Jodar This Wednesday he qualified for the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 1000. The man from Madrid had to work hard to beat the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 in a tough match in which he was more solid than his rival in key moments.
Without a doubt, a key victory for his great goal of the year, qualifying for the ATP Finals, An achievement that will be closer if they manage to reach the semifinals on Friday.
His rival will be the Norwegian Casper Ruudthat in the second game of the day benefited from the withdrawal of Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimeseeded fourth, who noticed pain in his left knee after a serve when he was down 4-1.
After receiving treatment, he returned to the track with the joint bandaged, but the sensations forced him to abandon finally at 35 minutes, with a temporary result of 5-2 against them.
“Heal up, Felix!“Ruud wrote after the game in the traditional chamber signing.
It will be the first duel between the Spanish and the Norwegiancurrent number 24 in the world and who, after losing in the first round of the Tokyo tournament against the Italian Luciano Darderi, had defeated Yunchaokete Bu (6-1, 7-6) and Leander Tien (6-4, 7-6) in his two previous matches in Shanghai.
