Davidovich, last minute loss in the Basel tournament: goodbye to Jódar’s revenge

There will be no reissue of the Jódar-Davidovich duel. After the final of the last Masters 1000 in Shanghai, which fell to the Malaga native, the draw for the ATP 500 in Basel brought about a possible confrontation between number 2 and the Spanish tennis number in the quarterfinals, something that will not happen in the end.

The reason is none other than Davidovich’s absence due to injury.whose place in the draw will be occupied by the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, who will make his debut against the Belgian Zizou Bergs.

For his part, Jódar must overcome the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in the first roundand the Monegasque Valentin Vacherot or the Argentine Mariano Navone in the round of 16, before facing Hurkacz, Bergs or Rune in the quarterfinals and with Arthur Fils (2) or Taylor Fritz (6) in the semifinals.

At the top of the draw, the American Ben Shelton (1) will make his debut against an opponent from the qualifying phase, while Novak Djokovic (4) will begin his journey in the Swiss tournament against the Frenchman Ugo Humbert.

It’s low in Basel almost definitively buries Davidovich’s limited chances of achieving a ticket for the ATP Finals. Now he is forced to win the Paris Masters 1000, which we do not know if he will be able to compete, and hope that his most direct rivals do not add too many points in these two weeks.

His presence in the Final 8 of the Davis Cup is also in dangerwhose call will be given this Monday by David Ferrer and in which, in principle, the Malaga tennis player was going to be.