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In the second match of the London 2020 group on Sunday night, R. Nadal showed Andrei Rubliov (ATP-8), the rookie of the ATP final competition, in 1 hour and 18 minutes with the result 6: 3, 6: Four.
The second racket on the planet won his first match in London for the first time since the 2015 finals. By the way, it was the 70th game in a row that the Spaniard managed to win by winning the first set.
The 34-year-old is fighting in the ATP finals for the 10th time in his career. However, so far only twice, in 2010 and 2013. – He managed to play in the grand final of the tournament.
During his career, the Spaniard has not won either of the two biggest tournaments in London and Paris on a hard indoor surface, but the start of this year in the group stage should make the player positive.
Nadal won 82 percent of the ball on the first try and did not give the opponent any breaking point.
The Russian tennis player made 9 irresistible passes, but won less often in the second accents than at any other time (41%), while Rafa’s percentage is significantly higher (67%).
A. Rubliov, who has already won five ATP trophies this year, was far from his best game. In the first set, the Russians hit only 41 percent of the first attempts – Rafa, who took advantage of this and accepted aggressively, managed break’ą in the sixth geime and huffed forward unsure.
In the second set, the opponent’s filings were bombarded even faster by the king of the ground, already in the first set. game – and, with excellent submission, he achieved a guaranteed victory that allowed him to rise to first place in the subgroup.
It will be remembered that in the first match of the day, Dominic Thiem broke Stefana Tsitsip after a tenacious fight between the three sets.
| Site | Player | Perg. | Pral. | Setai | Games |
| 1 | Rafaelis Nadalis | 1 | 0 | twenty | 12: |
| 2 | Dominicas thiemas | 1 | 0 | twenty-one | 17:15 |
| 3 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 0 | 1 | 1: 2 | 15:17 |
| 4 | Andrei Rublyov | 0 | 1 | 0: 2 |
In the doubles program of the night, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated Lukash Kubot and Marcelo Melo 7: 5, 3: 6, 10: 5.
Novak Djokovic (ATP-1) and Diego Schwartzman (ATP-9) will be the first to compete in the unit competition on Monday, and Daniil Medvedev (ATP-4) and Alexander Zverev (ATP-6) will face off the night.
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