Davidovich Fokina wins Shanghai Masters: three titles in one season after a seven-year wait
The Spaniard came back to beat Rafael Jódar 1-6, 7-6, 6-4. It is his third title after Mallorca and Chengdu.
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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Rafael Jódar 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in the Shanghai final. Reuters and the official ATP tournament page establish this as his first Masters 1000 trophy and his third title of 2026.
A wait became a sequence
The Spaniard waited seven years for his first ATP title, then won Mallorca in June, Chengdu in September and now Shanghai.
BSR view: the route through the final matters most. Recovering from a 1-6 opening set, winning the second in a tie-break and closing 6-4 shows that his season is no longer only about a breakthrough; it is about repeatability. Background: our tennis archive.
