Rafa Jódar beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-3 at the Canadian Masters, advancing to the last 16 after a hard-court third-round match listed in results records as taking place in Montreal on 7 August 2026. The Spaniard, ranked No. 15 in the match-day standings cited here, secured the win in just over an hour and a half. He was set to face Czech player Jiri Lehecka in the next round.
Jódar came under early pressure, missing three break points in the opening game before losing his own serve and allowing Musetti to take a 2-0 lead. He responded quickly, breaking back to level the score before taking another break late in the first set to win it 6-4.
Jódar broke Musetti’s serve at the start of the second set, but the Italian answered in the next game. The Spaniard then took control, breaking twice more to move ahead 4-1. Musetti clawed back one break, but Jódar sealed the match with another while returning at 5-3.
The win extended Jódar’s run of deep Masters 1000 appearances this season. He had reached the last 16 in Miami and Madrid, then repeated the feat in Rome before advancing to the quarterfinals in Madrid and Rome. His Canadian campaign continued after the Musetti match: he later beat Arthur Fils in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinal. In Washington, he had reached the final, where Taylor Fritz beat him 2-0.
Jódar’s rise already included a tour-level title. The Real Federación Española de Tenis records Marrakech as his first ATP 250 title, won when he was 19, and describes him as the sixth Spanish player in the Open Era to win an ATP title before turning 20. A later season ranking account charted his climb from outside the top 140 at the start of 2026 to No. 11, identifying his Washington final and Canadian Open semifinal as milestones in that progress.
The Masters 1000 events rank among the ATP Tour’s most prestigious tournaments, just below the Grand Slams. The Canadian hard-court swing is a basic stage of the North American summer before the US Open. After a Washington final and a quarterfinal win over Fils, Jódar’s victory over Musetti became part of a sustained breakthrough season, not an isolated upset.
