Jódar trouve à Rome de nouvelles façons de gagner

Diego Jiménez Rubio | 10 May 2026 | 23.03

Rafael Jódar beats Arnaldi in Rome. Photo: gettyimages Rafael Jódar bat Arnaldi à Rome. Photo : gettyimages

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Rafael Jódar has made a true exercise in survival to stay in the competition at the ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2026, defeating Matteo Arnaldi by 6-1 4-6 6-3. Intangible qualities of a great champion in the making for a tennis player showing increasingly consistent signs of maturity. He will now face Learner Tien in the round of 16.

The learning process brings joys and disappointments, victories and stumbles, but from all of this, lessons must be drawn for the future. Rafael Jódar is fully aware of being immersed in it and that not everything can always go smoothly. Facing Matteo Arnaldi in the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2026 was not going to be easy, no matter how overwhelming the start was, and everything that happened at the Italian Open is a source of knowledge to apply in the next steps of his professional career.

Jódar started overpowering and knew how to suffer when he seemed spent

What happened in the first set was a clear demonstration of what the young man from Madrid can generate in his opponents when he is inspired and everything is going smoothly. He stepped onto the court very freely, his shots had tremendous bite, and he took ground from the Italian, completely powerless to stop the flow of play coming at him. In just 19 minutes, a resounding 5-0 was displayed in his favor on the scoreboard, but the trend changed in the sixth game, where the intensity dropped slightly.

He managed to close that set, but it was soon evident that the second set was going to be very different. Arnaldi managed to play with more depth, made accurate changes in height, and won the audience over with great competitive spirit. Suddenly, where he had seen openings before, Rafa could not find his shots, started making unforced errors, and rushed too much in search of winners. He suffered a physical and mental slump, which seemed to recover from when he equalized the score at 4 by regaining the break disadvantage but hesitated again at the most crucial moment, seeing the Italian tie the match.

He will face Learner Tien in the round of 16, whom he already defeated at the Next Gen ATP Finals

The beginning of the third set was a clear example of how the accumulated physical and mental fatigue over the last few weeks weighed heavily on the Spaniard. He conceded his service right from the start and seemed completely spent, but he rolled up his sleeves to keep the match alive and create break opportunities, gradually rediscovering his tennis. The Spaniard pushed hard and found success in the sixth game, with good tactical decisions and some childish errors from Matteo.

Everything changed; Jódar found renewed energy and made sublime decisions in each shot selection. The entire solid groundstroke fortress built by Matteo Arnaldi crumbled as if it were made of cards, under the pressure of the Madrid-born player. Rafael Jódar has something special and he has shown it with a hard-fought and hard-earned victory, allowing him to advance to the round of 16 of the ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2026, where he will face Learner Tien.

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