Rafael Nadal and Felix Auger-Aliassime will face one another in the group stage of the 2022 ATP Finals on Tuesday, November 15.
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Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion, will face World No. 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2022 ATP Finals group stage on Tuesday. In his first group tie, Nadal faced Taylor Fritz. Both players held their serves well in the first set, though the Spaniard did face three break points in a couple of his service games. In the ensuing tie-break, the American emerged victorious to take the set. Fritz won the match 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the second set after losing just one game in the first. The 25-year-old made a winning debut, while Nadal’s first appearance here in two years ended in defeat.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, making his ATP Finals debut, began his campaign against Casper Ruud. In the first set, which went to a tie-break, neither player got a sniff of a break point. In it, the Norwegian edged out his opponent to win the set. Both players started the second set strong, but it was Auger-Aliassime who faltered first, dropping serve in the seventh game to trail 4-3. Ruud served out the match after another couple of games to defeat the Canadian 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Rafael Nadal and Felix Auger-Aliassime will face one another in the group stage of the 2022 ATP Finals on Tuesday, November 15.
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The 2022 ATP Finals will begin on November 13 (Sunday) and will last one week, ending on November 20. (Sunday).
| Date | Competition Stage |
|---|---|
| November 13-18 | Group Stage |
| November 19 | Semi-finals |
| November 20 | Final |
The group stage will be played in a round-robin format, with each team facing off against the other three teams in the group. The matches will be best-of-three, with tie-breaks in each set. The player rankings on the points table will be determined by the number of wins, the number of matches played, the H2H tie in the event of a tie, the highest percentage of sets won, the highest percentage of games won, and finally, the ATP rank at the end of the previous year-end event. Two players from each group will advance to the semi-finals, which will be followed by the final.
| Group Green | Group Red |
|---|---|
| Rafael Nadal | Novak Djokovic |
| Taylor Fritz | Daniil Medvedev |
| Felix Auger-Aliassime | Stefanos Tsitsipas |
| Casper Ruud | Andrey Rublev |
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