The Spanish Rafael Nadal beat the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas today by 6-4, 4-6 and 6-2 and qualified for the semifinals of the Masters, in the second match of the day in the English capital for the London 2020 area of the tournament in the one in which the eight best tennis players of the year participate and in which the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, already eliminated, will say goodbye tomorrow.
“Rafa” Nadal, world number 2, who is looking for his first title of “Masters”, the only one that is missing in his successful and extensive career, surpassed in an exciting and vibrant encounter the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (6), current champion of the Masters and who was eliminated today, after 2 hours and 6 minutes of confrontation.
The Mallorcan finished second in the group, behind Austrian Dominic Thiem, and on Saturday he will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, winner from the other zone, in the semifinals.
In the first match in the group, the leader and already qualified for the semifinals, the Austrian Dominic Thiem, fell to the Russian Andrey Rublev, already eliminated, after the two initial victories that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rafael Nadal had achieved.
Thiem (3), current US Open champion, lost against Andrey Rublev (8), eliminated, 6-2 and 7-5 in 1 hour and 15 minutes, in a match in which the Austrian did not demand too much and reserved energy to face the semifinal next Saturday, in which he will face the one who finishes in second place in the other zone.
For his part, “Peque” Schwartzman, ninth in the ATP world rankings, will face Medvedev and will say goodbye tomorrow at 17 (Argentina time) at the closed and hard surface O2 Arena, London, for the group called Tokyo 1970.
Tomorrow’s singles day will begin at 11 o’clock with the cross between Djokovic (1) and Zverev (7), who will define a semifinalist, since the Russian Medvedev (4) has already agreed to that instance, after having won both and Beyond what happens in his match against the Argentine, he has already advanced to the next phase of the masters tournament.
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