Nadalis continues the search for the first trophy in London: he took the remaining ticket to the semifinals

At the last meeting of the London 2020 subgroup, which decided who was the owner of the second ticket to the semi-finals of the competition, the King of the Earth defeated Stefana Tsitsip (ATP-7) 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2 in 2 hours and 4 minutes.

The Greek managed to win the London tournament on the first attempt exactly one year ago. However, the unprotected title will not hurt the player this year due to the change in the ATP ranking system: he will remain seventh in the rankings.

Nadali, who has achieved his second win in his savings bank, will finish second in the London 2020 group immediately after Dominico Thiemo (ATP-3), who landed on Tuesday. Both players have won twice, but the Austrians line up for the match they won.

After recovering, Rafa will be able to start preparing for the battle of the semifinals, where Daniil Medvedev (ATP-4) will be waiting for the Spaniard.

Thiem’s ​​rival will emerge after Friday’s clash between Novak Djokovic (ATP-1) and Alexander Zverev (ATP-7).

London Group 2020:

Although the strongest first accents are marked by a super talent from Greece, in the first set of the battle for survival, R. Nadal bombed a car like a machine.

S.Citsip made a double mistake break’ą rival in the seventh geime, and Rafa lost only five points in the whole set and won 6: 4.

The Spaniard started the second game of the game with an even more impressive series of 11 balls, but the 12-year-old rival fought tooth and nail for survival and ultimately won the award in the 10th. geime this time, an experienced opponent made a double mistake at the most inopportune moment and the result stabilized.

At the beginning of the third set, the players exchanged a losing streak, but the Roland Garros king, who switched to a higher gear, showed his superiority and won the set overwhelmingly – 6: 2.

Both tennis players made 8 irresistible passes each. The winner of the meeting won 81 percent on the first try and 60 percent on the second.

Now he leads 6: 1 in mutual matches.

R. Nadal, who is contesting the final of the year for the tenth time, reached the semi-finals of the tournament for the sixth time. The Spaniard competed twice for the title, but never won it.

The last time Rafa was among the four strongest tennis players at London’s O2 Arena was in 2015.

The second innings for the Nitto ATP Finals semifinals were also distributed by two players. Rajeevo Ramo and Joe Salisbury paired 7: 6 (5), 6: 7 (4), 10: 4 broke Germans Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies and finished second in their subgroup.

Nikola Mektičius and Wesley Koolhof reached the semi-finals in the first issue.

Friday from 4 pm In Lithuanian time, N. Dzhokovich and A. Zverev will play in the singles tournament, and at 10 pm – Medvedev and Diego Schwartzman (ATP-9)