“I no longer fight to be number one in the world, just to be competitive in every tournament,” he said. Rafael Nadal before attacking the final stage of the season, the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy and the ATP Finals in Turin.
At 36, with the record for titles at grand slam (22) and became world number one both during the season and at its end several times throughout the season, he focused mainly on the big racket events.
But a good performance is also reflected in the ranking. So the current champion of Australian Open and Roland Garros came with options to be the last number one in 2022 until the final tournament, the ATP Finals.
If he failed in Paris, where he lost to the American tommy paul fifty days after surrender Frances Tiafoe in the round of 16 at the US Open, he didn’t start well in Turin either. Once again an American led him to victory, the third in a row. lost to taylor fritz by 7-6 (3) and 6-1.
He is still alive in the Green Group, where he faces Felix Auger-Aliassime on Tuesday and Casper Ruud on Wednesday, but he gave up one of the two chances he had to wrest the number one from Carlos Alcarazlow due to injury.
Being an undefeated finalist (4-0) is worth it for Nadal, but he already knows defeat. Now he will only replace the Murcian by lifting the trophy on Sunday the 20th. Same as Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, in his case with a full five victories. It opens this Monday at Novak Djokovic at the 2022 ATP Finals.
There are only ranked points for victories: 200 each in the group stage, 400 more in the semifinals, and an extra 500 for whoever wins the final. The maximum, 1,500.
World ranking
After the 1st day of the ATP Finals
1. Carlos Alcaraz (Span) 6,820
2. Rafael Nadal (Span) 5,820
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) 5,350
4. Casper Ruud (Nor) 5,220
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) 4,065
6. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) 3,995
7. Andrey Rublev (Russian) 3,530
8. Novak Djokovic (Srb) 3,320
9. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3,155
10. Holger Rune (Also) 2,911
Source: La Verdad
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