Two less rivals for Rafa Jódar on his return to the competition after Wimbledon

After two weeks of 250 category tournaments on clay, in the coming days the circuit fully enters the North American hard court tour. He will do it with the ATP 250 in Los Cabos (Mexico) and the ATP 500 in Washington (United States), where Rafa Jódar will return to the courts.

After his defeat in the third round of Wimbledon against the Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki, The new Spanish tennis sensation will seek to continue his climb in the world ranking (now ranked 25th) in an event that will feature a notable list of illustrious players.

Men like Ben Shelton, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Lorenzo Musetti, Jack Draper, Jakub Mensik or Tommy Paul They will give luster to the tournament which, however, in the last few hours has suffered two notable losses.

It is about Felix Auger-Aliassime and Daniil Medvedev, who finally preferred to rest for another week and reappear the following week at the Montreal Masters 1000.

Alejandro Davidovich will not be there either.who last year saw the title slip away from him in an agonizing final against De Miñaur.