Rafa Jódar - Daniil Medvedev live, the Shanghai Masters semi-final live|The first set begins

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Rafa Jódar - Daniil Medvedev live, the Shanghai Masters semi-final live|The first set begins

The Spanish tennis player will face Medvedev for the first time in his career in the pre-final phase of the Chinese tournament

The tennis player from Madrid is playing in the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters against Daniil Medvedev after having defeated the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals, a match in which he began losing in the first set, but came back in the next two. Daniil Medvedev will be Jódar's rival in the round prior to the final, the Russian tennis player has just eliminated the American Tommy Paul in three sets. In addition, this Saturday's match will be the first in the careers of both tennis players.

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Rafa Jódar's flat serve, the rest of Daniil Medvedev goes wide

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Great forehand shot from the center of the court by Daniil Medvedev that beats Rafa Jódar and gets the point

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Rafa Jódar's flat serve, the rest of Daniil Medvedev goes wide

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Rafa Jódar's backhand goes wide

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Rafa Jódar's forehand goes wide

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Daniil Medvedev's forehand goes wide

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Rafa Jódar hits his backhand shot into the net

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The match has started with Jódar serving.

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Daniil Medvedev hits his forehand into the net

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Great forehand shot from the back of the court by Rafa Jódar that beats Daniil Medvedev and gets the point

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It is the first time that Rafa Jódar and Daniil Medvedev meet on the circuit and it will be in this match in which the Spanish tennis player has become the youngest semi-finalist in the Shanghai Masters 1000.

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The Russian tennis player has won three titles in 2026, in Brisbane, Dubai and Hangzhou, and lost the final of the Indian Wells Masters 1000. He already knows what it's like to win this Shanghai Masters 1000 since he was champion in 2019 by defeating Zverev.

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Opposite him is still Daniil Medvedev who seeks to stay in the Top 10 of the ATP ranking and who has shown good form on the Asian tour.

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For Rafa Jódar it would be his third final, the first in a major, after winning this year in Marrakech and losing in Washington.

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To reach these semifinals, Medvedev defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round, Dalibor Svrcina in the third, Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round and Tommy Paul in the quarterfinals. He lost a set against Struff and in the match against Tommy Paul.

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A Rafa Jódar who has had to do his best to carry out all his events at the Shanghai Masters 1000 2026, losing the first set in the four matches to end up winning in the final round. He did it in the second round against Thiago Agustin Tirante, in the third against Jiri Lehecka, in the second round against Botic van de Zandschulp and in the quarterfinals against Casper Ruud.

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We can, therefore, have a Spanish final in this edition of Shanghai if Rafa Jódar manages to overcome Daniil Medvedev now.

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Good afternoon and welcome to this second semifinal of the Shanghai Masters 1000 that comes with good news for Spanish tennis after Davidovich's victory against Zverez that has put him in tomorrow's final.