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Teenager Rafael Jódar comes from two sets down to set up Zverev quarter-final
19-year-old beats Pablo Carreño Busta 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
TL;DR
- Rafael Jódar defeated Pablo Carreño Busta 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in a comeback win.
- This is Jódar's first time winning a match after being two sets down.
- Jódar has an impressive 19-3 record in his first full clay-court season.
- He is projected to rise to about No. 22 in the ATP rankings from No. 707 a year ago.
- Jódar will face No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev in the quarter-finals.
- João Fonseca also reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final by defeating Casper Ruud.
- Fonseca had previously come back from two sets down to beat Novak Djokovic.