It promised to be a happy and exciting night for the Spanish audience: Rafael Jódar was playing a match against Terence Atmane in the second round of ATP Acapulco 2026, which could have meant his entry into the top 100. The Madrid native will have to wait a bit longer, as he faltered in a third set where his serve abandoned him (6-2, 4-6, 6-1). The player from Leganés started the match very cold, unable to tame the devilish left-handed serve from the Frenchman; in the second set, he reversed the dynamic by taking control of the baseline and cutting out the flow of silly errors... but at the beginning of the third, an early break cut his legs off and allowed the Frenchman to comfortably dominate with his forehand from the baseline. Still, a fantastic tournament for Jódar, leaving Mexico ranked #102 in the ATP ranking. Next stop, Indian Wells.
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