Shanghai will have its first Spanish final: Rafa Jódar destroys Medvedev and will face Davidovich

Spanish tennis is making history and this Sunday it will write a new chapter. Until now, only Rafa Nadal had managed to reach the final in Shanghai, in 2017. Now, nine years later, there will be not one, but two Spanish representatives in the fight for the Masters 1,000 title. The trophy already has a Spanish owner: Rafa Jódar or Alejandro Davidovich will lift the title.

Rafa Jódar achieved the second ticket for the final in Shanghai today with his 6-3, 6-4 victory against the Russian Daniil Medvedev and thus guaranteed a Spanish winner for the tournament, as he will face his compatriot Alejandro Davidovich in the final duel.

The result not only means the first final of a 1,000 Masters in Jódar's still short career, but also that the Spanish tennis players manage to break the 'curse' that weighed on the Shanghai event, the only one in this category that had never had a Spanish winner.

The 'Monster of Leganés' had a hard time completing his first serve, although he didn't give him a chance to break Medvedev, who only came close to him in the 'deuces'. The Russian would fall in the fourth game, allowing his rival to go 3-1 up... only to return the play immediately afterwards.

However, Jódar would break again to win the first set. And be careful, because it was nothing less than the first time he achieved it in the five games he has played on the Shanghai courts; In all the others, he had to go to the partial tiebreaker.

The second round would not start better for the Russian, who wasted his first turn of service. It seemed that everything was going in Jódar's face, but Medvedev also managed to go bankrupt. However, the Russian couldn't hold his serve very well either, and in the seventh game he gave in again, without even being able to take a point.

In the end, a historic victory for Jódar signed when 44 minutes passed the hour.