'New Rafa' makes Shanghai Masters history with Ruud win

PerthNow - Oct 16, 2026

Spanish youngster Rafael Jodar has continued his inexorable rise, defeating Casper Ruud to make the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters at the age of just 20.

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