Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal can reissue the final of the last US Open twice in less than two weeks. They will do so, if Nadal recovers from distension in the right abdominal rectum that prevented him from playing the Paris-Bercy semifinals, on November 19, in the Davis Cup, where Russia has been paired in the group of Spain, next to Croatia , and before in the group phase of the ATP Finals.
This last match was known on Tuesday after the draw of the tournament that brings together the eight best players of the season from Sunday. In addition to the emerging Russian player, world number four and winner of four titles in 2019, among them, recently, the Shanghai 1000 Masters, in the Andre Agassi Group will be Alexander Zverev, current champion, and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Nadal, finalist in the 2010 and 2013 editions, has a favorable face-to-face with all his rivals: 2-0 against Medvedev, 5-0 with Zverev and 4-1 against Tsitsipas.
In the Bjorn Borg Group will be Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettini. In addition to being the fifth most important tournament on the calendar, the ATP FInals will also define who concludes the year as world number 1. Nadal, who returned to the classification attic on Monday, has 640 points more than Djokovic. If he reaches the final he will make sure to close his fifth course at the top, regardless of what the Serbian does. Nole needs to go undefeated champion and Nadal be worth the final match to close his sixth exercise as the best and match Pete Sampras, the only one who has achieved it. In that way, he would also match the six Federer titles in the also known as the teachers tournament.
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