Rafael Nadal he has qualified for the ATP Finals seventeen times. Since 2005, when the elites came in, he has only missed out on one place in 2021, hampered by a foot injury. Physical problems kept him from the top eight Masters six times. It is the event, of relevance, that is most elusive to your interests. Because he arrived at the end of the season, when his body told him enough is enough, and because the elements (indoor and hard court) further emphasized the characteristics of his most direct rivals, such as of what happened in the 2010 and 2013 finals against Roger Federer and Novak Djokovicrespectively.
go to Turin Alpitour Shovel with many unknowns to be clarified. In the last two months he played only one game, which he lost to the American Tommy Paul in Paris-Bercy. It seems he suffered a collapse which he attributed the past few days to some stomach problems.
Physical setbacks marked a successful campaign for victories in Melbourne, Acapulco and, especially, Australian Open and Roland Garros, setting a record of 22 Grand Slam titles. Although with a bittersweet touch because injuries separated him from more. This is what his rival could prove on Sunday (9:00 pm / Movistar +, Directo Web Mundo Deportivo), the American Taylor Fritz, in the sense that appears in the history of the misfortunes of the manacorí.
Suffering a broken rib, he lost the Indian Wells final against the American 6-3, 7-6 (5), avenging his loss a few weeks ago in Acapulco (6-3, 6-2). Nadal put the 2-1 figure on the record by submitting Fritz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (4). That day Sebastian Nadal He asked his son to leave him, seeing how he suffered from a ruptured stomach. Too bad, he had to give up the semifinals. He didn’t return until a month and a half later. And before the US Open, he relapsed. In dry dock in an era where paternity premiered.
The sporting situation does not seem to be the most suitable to attack an ATP Finals where he has not been able to shine as in other major competitions. However, he made it to Australia without filming, and hit the jackpot. And the draw is kind. He sent the former champions Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev in the Red Group.
He will fight for two places in the semifinals of a Green Group with rookie Fritz, the Norwegian Casper Ruudwho played on the ‘indoor’ tour and was a little tired from a long campaign with two finals at Roland Garros and the US Open, and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, excelling in this indoor section with a 16-match unbeaten streak against in a row but who can pay for hazing at the ATP Finals.
At 36 years old, in a campaign of ups and downs, he could still be looking for the final No. 1 of the year if he is the champion or if he reaches the final undefeated (4-0) and Stefanos Tsitsipas didn’t lift the trophy that was intact: 5-0. If one or the other does not meet these premises, Carlos Alcaraz he would maintain a lead that he could not defend due to an abdominal injury.
Source: La Verdad
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