Rafael Jódar continues to take giant steps in the professional tennis circuit. The Spaniard is having a dream week at the Morelos Challenger in Mexico and advances to the semifinals of the tournament after coming back to defeat local player Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 after two hours and fifteen minutes of play. The current US Open Junior champion will compete for a spot in the final against Marc-Andrea Huesler, the fourth seed and 168th in the ATP rankings. With this result, Jódar climbs to the 688th position in the rankings. If he reaches the final, he would rise to 572, and if he were to win the title, he would position himself as number 467.
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