The Spaniard played his best game of the week against the young Norwegian, whom he defeated 7-5 in doubles
Rafa Nadal said goodbye in the ATP Finals on Thursday with a victory over the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who defeated the Spaniard 7-5 in a double. Nadal said goodbye to the final tournament of the season “in the best way” as he wished after losing to Taylor Fritz on Tuesday and leaving no chance to challenge for the title in Turin or finish the year as number one of the world . .
The Spanish tennis player played his best match of the tournament against Ruud, who had already qualified for the semi-finals of the ATP Finals against Nadal. In addition to an honorary triumph, Nadal pocketed 370,000 euros and won 200 points to try to secure second place in the world rankings. Ruud himself and Tsitsipas aspire to that place, although the Norwegian should declare himself champion and the Greek should reach the final.
Nadal won 84% of the points with his first serve and 55% with his second against the young Norwegian player, who fell in one hour and 42 minutes. Ruud, the world number four, was out of options when he fell in a first set where he had the chance to take the lead and pull the man from Manacor on the strings. However, he lost his service to love in the twelfth game and there he started to lose.
Source: La Verdad
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