Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Champions Tournament in London.
Frank Augstein, ČTK / AP
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Nadal has a significantly active 5: 1 balance with Tsitsipas and they last competed last year in the basic group of the Champions Tournament. The 34-year-old Spaniard won the match, but a Greek twelve years younger subsequently won the entire tournament. So far, Nadal has never succeeded in his career.
Rubljov did not use the sword ball against Tsitsipas on Tuesday and before today’s farewell to the London O2 hall he was already without a chance to advance. Thiem, on the other hand, knew he would win the group and started lukewarmly. The champion of this year’s US Open lost in 26 minutes, until he equaled in the second strength on the court, however, Rubljov lost for the third time in a row.
Andrej Rubljov and Dominic Thiem after a match
Toby Melville, Reuters
With today’s defeat, Thiem lost the chance to knock Nadal out of second place in the world rankings. At the same time, he lost the opportunity to celebrate the 300th anniversary match won on the circuit. He refused to spare his strength for the semifinals. “I didn’t mean that. I wanted to win, and to get those 200 points (in the rankings), but on the other hand I have to admit that such a defeat does not hurt so much,” said Thiem.
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Rafael Nadal joins the Champions Tournament for a match with the Greek defending champion.
Toby Melville, Reuters
On Saturday, he will play against the winner of Friday’s battle between number one Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev. Daniil Medvedev is already a certain winner of the Tokyo 1970 group.
| Champions Tournament in London (hard surface, $ 5.7 million grant): |
| Singles – Group London 2000: |
| Rubljov (7-Rus.) – Thiem (3-Rak.) 6: 2, 7: 5 |
| Nadal (2-Sp.) – Tsitsipas (6-Greek) plays the 1st set |
| Doubles – Mike Bryan Band: |
| Kubot, Melo (8-Pol./Braz.) – Koolhof, Mektic (5-Niz./Chorv.) 6: 4, 6: 7 (2: 7), 10: 8 |
| Ram, Salisbury (2-USA / Brit.) – Krawietz, Mies (3-Germany) 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 7 (4: 7), 10: 4. |
| 1. | Thiem | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4:3 | 2 |
| 2. | Nadal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2:2 | 1 |
| 3. | Tsitsipas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3:3 | 1 |
| 4. | Rubles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3:4 | 1 |
| Final table: | ||||||
| 1. | Koolhof, Mektič | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5:3 | 2 |
| 2. | Ram, Salisbury | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4:4 | 2 |
| 3. | Krawietz, Mies | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4:4 | 1 |
| 4. | Kubot, Melo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3:5 | 1 |
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