Davidovich complicates life for Jódar and puts Ben Shelton in the ATP Finals in Turin
The American Ben Shelton He published an image of the Spaniard on his social networks Alexander Davidovich with the Shanghai Masters 1000 ATP champion trophy and a heart next to ‘Foki’, as the Andalusian short distance tennis player is known. The triumph over Rafa Jodar It helped the American to mathematically achieve one of his objectives.
It was a mere formality, but Davidovich’s success automatically meant the classification of Ben Shelton23 years old and world No. 4, for the ATP Finals, the tournament of the eight masters of the season who will meet in the Italian city of Turin from November 8 to 15.
Shelton, a finalist a few weeks ago at the US Open, joins the German Alexander Zverev and spanish Carlos Alcaraz. There are five places left in dispute, once the Italian Jannik Sinner He left his vacant.
One of the candidates is Rafa Jodar, which is what currently establishes the cut as ninth in the Race. The mission was complicated for the Madrid native, who would have been almost tied if he had added the 400 points that were at stake directly in the final.
The Leganense adds 3,159, still behind the Italian Flavio Cobolli (3,540), the Russian Daniil Medvedev (3,420), the American Frances Tiafoe (3,380) and French Arthur Fils (3.325), the latter a very good friend of Davidovich.
Behind Jódar, threatening to take away his last starting spot, the Australian Alex de Minaur (2,880) and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (2,840), who publicly expressed his intention to go to Turin if he obtained a ticket. Hence, he signed up for the ATP 500 tournament in Basel, the next one in which Jódar will compete.
The subsequent Masters 1000 ATP in Paris will decide the preparation of the final Masters, in which Ben Shelton will be there for the second consecutive edition. The crown is vacant due to the absence of the local idol in Turin, Jannik Sinner, who intends to reappear in January 2027, if the rest and treatment of his right knee tames the tendonitis that has plagued him since winning his second Wimbledon.
