
AI-generated summary
The Shanghai Masters is a prestigious 1000-level tennis tournament. Rafael Jodar has risen from a world ranking of 168th at the start of the season to 13th.
Top seed Alexander Zverev fell to a relentless Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Saturday over three tense sets.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked world No 26, fought back to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 and will play fellow Spaniard Rafael Jodar in the final on Sunday.
The 20-year-old Jodar beat fifth-seed Daniil Medvedev, a decade his senior, 6-3, 6-4 to deny the Russian former world No 1 a chance to return to the championship match he won in 2019.
Jodar, ranked 13th, started the season ranked 168th. It is his first time in a final at the prestigious 1000 level.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Davidovich Fokina and Jodar will play in the final on Sunday.
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