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Rafael Nadal made a convincing appearance in his first appearance at the ATP Finals in London and defeated Andrej Rublev in straight sets with 6: 3 and 6: 4.
Rafael Nadal and US Open winner Dominic Thiem had a successful start to the ATP Finals. World number two Nadal won his first group match against Russian tournament rookie Andrej Rublev in London with 6: 3, 6: 4. The Spanish tennis star remains without the season-ending top eight title. professionals of the year. Rublev won five tournaments in 2020, but was unable to put Nadal in danger on Sunday.
Before that, Austrian Thiem won his much more competitive game against defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 7: 6 (7: 5), 4: 6, 6: 3. After a break to 2-0 in the third set and 2 : 17 hours of play, the world number three converted his second match point. Thiem and Tsitsipas had met in the final of the ATP Finals last year, at which point the Greek prevailed in three sets.
Nadal and Thiem thus achieved important victories in the group “London 2020”. The first and second classified of the two groups reach the semifinals.
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