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Determined from the start, in a display of the determination that he is capable of displaying when circumstances demand it,

opened with a convincing triumph in the ATP Finals.

He beat

6-3 and 6-4 in one hour and 17 minutes,

without a single concession, and leads his group, ahead of

, who beat

in three sets

.

The Mallorcan will face the Austrian on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.

The only time Nadal had faced Rublev was at the 2017 US Open. The Russian was almost a newcomer, he was 20 years old and got fired, with just five games of consolation.

Days later, the southpaw would take the cup.

On this occasion, in his tournament debut, Rublev presented himself as an already outstanding student, with five titles this season, the most recent being the ATP 500 in Vienna.

Possible player, still with a good margin of progression, the Muscovite soon showed his impetuous character against an adversary who handled the game with great rigor.

Rublev has run in the right direction, but Nadal never stops.

At 34 years old, and with a colossal career, the Spaniard retains the motivation of a twenty-year-old and does not stop investigating within himself to find alternatives that improve him in the most adverse territories.

The impotence of the rival

The Russian gave up his serve in the fifth game, to the second

ball

, and threw the racket to the ground, in a show of helplessness because of how badly his serve was working, which he had saved with difficulty in his first two innings.

Alive, applying the rules that govern the indoor track, Nadal did serve well, subtracted close to the line and contained Rublev's attacks with his backhand, almost always, however, an accelerated point.

Winner before the pandemic in Acapulco and last October at Roland Garros, where, with his thirteenth title, he equaled Roger Federer's 20 greats, Nadal has arrived in London with an exceptional number of just 30 games this season.

He presents himself, thus, without the fatigue accustomed to this stage of the course, with the tank almost full to try to win a tournament that is denied him, where his ceiling is in the 2010 and 2013 finals. He had time to shoot in Paris- Bercy, where he lost in the semifinals against

, and won, incidentally, by beating

in his debut, the 1,000th match.

Too tender, Rublev was in evidence, snuffed out all the credit for the best season of his life.

Once the first set was delivered, he again gave up his kickoff in the second.

Without the ability to react, without sniffing a single

ball,

the Russian emitted the worst symptoms of a newcomer.

Luckily for him, he will not always have an opponent in front of him who demands as much of him as Nadal did.

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