The triumphant gesture of Rafael Nadal.
Toby Melville, Reuters
After Tuesday’s defeat with Thiem, Nadal maintained his victory over Tsitsipas in the game for the first title from the Champions Tournament. The world number two will play in the semifinals for the sixth time. Daniil Medvedev, a certain winner of the Tokyo 1970 group, will be the opponent of the 34-year-old Spaniard.
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 the first set in 26 minutes, until he equaled in the second strength on the court, however, Rubljov lost for the third time in a row.
Rafael Nadal in the key battle for promotion from the group at the Champions Tournament in London.
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.
Dominic Thiem finished the basic group of the Champions Tournament by defeating Rus Rubljov
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On Saturday, he will play against the winner of Friday’s battle between number one Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev.
| 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-Řec.) 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2 |
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4:3 | 2 |
| 3. | Tsitsipas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4:5 | 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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