\u201dA lot of things to improve for the next tournament. I didn’t get the win today, but still happy about how things are going for me.”<\/p>\n
Jodar admitted that Davidovich Fokina played the all-important break points better than him.<\/p>\n
“He was playing good, too,” Jodar said. “[There were] small details in the second set that he played better than me.<\/p>\n
“I think that’s why he came back in the second set. Then in the third set, a very close one. On the break points, he played better.”<\/p>\n
Jodar\u2019s week in Shanghai has boosted his hopes of qualifying for the ATP Finals<\/a> for the first time, with the 20-year-old having risen two places in the rankings<\/a> to ninth.With Jannik Sinner having been ruled out for the rest of the season<\/a> with an injury, Jodar is effectively in the final qualifying position.<\/p>\n While the stakes were high in Shanghai on many levels, the final was just “another tennis match” for Jodar.<\/p>\n Asked if he had a different feeling before taking to the court, he said: “Another tennis match.<\/p>\n “Just try to enjoy the moment and the match. I gave everything, but it wasn’t meant to be today.”<\/p>\n Highlights: Jodar impresses on Laver Cup debut with dominant win over Bublik<\/p>\n Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n Federer<\/a>, a 20-time Grand Slam winner, was in Shanghai to watch the final, having played an exhibition match with fellow former world No. 1 Marat Safin on Friday night.<\/p>\n “It was really fun to be on the same side of the net as my brother from another mother,” said Federer. “I really enjoyed it, and I hope everyone did too.”<\/p>\n Davidovich Fokina’s ‘blank mind’<\/p>\n Davidovich Fokina saved a series of break points in the second set before winning a tie-break to force a decider in the final.<\/p>\n And the world No. 26 told of his relief after overcoming Jodar to win his biggest title yet.<\/p>\n “I have a blank \u200cmind,” he said. “I don’t know what to say, and I don’t know how I feel. Just a huge relief.<\/p>\n “After the first set, I had to keep trying, keep pushing. In the tie-break, I believed in myself again. In \u200bthe third set, \u200bmaybe I had \u2060a bit more fitness physically.” <\/p>\n Davidovich Fokina’s win in Shanghai followed successes in Mallorca and Chengdu earlier this year.<\/p>\n Download the TNT Sports app on iPhone<\/a>\u00a0and Android<\/a>.Watch and stream top tennis action, including the Australian Open and French Open, live with TNT Sports on HBO Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘I will retire’ – Controversial line call enrages Medvedev Video credit: SNTV Jodar was dominant in the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[264515,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp-shanghai-2026","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"picture\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-48c32303-d43d-4213-8ee2-666ba8b96d1e-85-2560-1440.jpeg\")
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