The champion falls: Shanghai will have a new king today

The tournament Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 He could imagine having a new king on his record, even if there was the possibility of some former champion repeating his victory, not that he would have a final monopolized by the Spanish, when it was a tournament that was not very kind to them.

Rafa Nadal lost its two finals, in 2009 and 2017, as well as David Ferrer gave way in 2011 and Roberto Bautista He also came up empty-handed in 2016.

The ninth all-Spanish final in the history of the ATP Masters 1000, which was born in 1990. The first outside of clay, on a hard court. New times, especially for who may be the youngest champion of the tournament, Rafa Jodar20 years, and Alexander Davidovich, of 27.

Today, Sunday, at 10:30 a.m., there will also be a new champion in the ATP Masters 1000. The man from Madrid and the Andalusian face each other for the first time, for a second and third ATP title, respectively. All this in this course, when the Leganense triumphed in Marrakech and the Malaga player did so in Marbella and Chengdu.

The best will succeed the Monegasque on the throne Valentin Vacherot, which surprised in 2025 coming from the previous phase. Jódar expelled the Russian Daniil Medvedevchampion in 2019, while Dadivovich had eliminated the best of 2023, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz.

The Italian Jannik Sinner, winner in 2024, caused loss, the Serbian Novak Djokovic four-time champion (2012-13, 2015 and 2018), fell in his debut against Hubert Hurkacz.

The trophy is a matter of Rafa Jódar or Alejandro Davidovich. Spanish tennis will be in the list of winners of all Masters 1000 ATP tournaments, the highest category on the ATP Tour, the second after the Grand Slam. There had been no Spanish finalist in the five previous editions, since 2017, since the event was suspended from 2020 to 2022 due to the coronavirus.