Rafa Jódar, with hardly any rest, now has time to debut on Wednesday in Montreal: the results of the day
Rafa Jodarwith hardly any rest after playing and losing the final of Washington against Taylor Fritzwill debut this Wednesday against Corentin Moutet (59th in the ranking) in the Montreal Masters 1,000 (Canada)next station of the American tour on hard court that will conclude in New York with the US Openthe fourth and last grand slam of the season (August 30-September 13).
The Spanish tennis player, new world top-15 after already rising 150 places since January despite being only 19 years old, will play in the third turn on court 5, whose first match will begin at 5:00 p.m. Spanish time between Valentin Vacherot and Mariano Navone.
Then they will hit the track Arthur Fils and Zachary Svajda and, depending on the duration of both matches, Jódar and Moutet will come into action sooner or later, perhaps around 9:00 p.m.
Montreal Masters 1,000
Tuesday’s results
2nd round:
Blockx (Bel/27)-Munar (ESP) WO
1st round:
Mérida (ESP)-Draxl (Can) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Royer (Fra)-Carreño (ESP) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
Popyrin (Aus)-Burruchaga (Arg) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
Tirante (Arg)-Chan (Can) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (3)
Hurkacz (Pol)-Giron (USA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Fearnley (GBR)-Mannarino (Fra) 7-6 (3), 6-4
JM Cerúndolo (Arg)-Medjedovic (Ser) 6-4, 6-2
Tsitsipas (Gre)-Damm (USA) 6-4, 6-4
Báez (Arg)-Bellucci (Ita) 7-5, 6-3
Brooksby (USA)-Walton (Aus) 6-3, 6-4
Svajda (USA)-Shapovalov (Can) 4-6, 6-4, 3-0, ab.
The Montreal Masters 1,000, which also started on the wrong foot due to the rain, is marked by the losses of the great players on the ATP circuit, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovicwhich opens the range of possible champions for the title that he won last year Ben Shelton. Alexander Zverevthe main favorite, goes for the other part of Jódar’s draw.
If the Madrid native continues, Lorenzo Musetti (3rd round), Jiri Lehecka (eighths), Alex De Minaur (quarters) and Felix Auger (semifinals) could be their rivals later.
