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Less than a year ago, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas won the unofficial Tennis World Cup in London. The 22-year-old wants to repeat this success. To do this, Tsitsipas must beat the old master Rafael Nadal.
Tomorrow, Alexander Zverev will fight Novak Djokovic in the preliminary round final for a place in the semi-finals of the ATP finals (15:00, live ticker on t-online).
But today, the second participant in the semifinal after Dominic Thiem is wanted between Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas. The winner of tonight’s game follows the Austrian in the group of the top four. Who will prevail?
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Third sentence
4: 6, 6: 4, 2: 5 – That’s all? Nadal has two break opportunities. uses the second and serves to win the game.
4: 6, 6: 4, 2: 4 – But not in the sixth game. The Greek game is too flawed. The 22-year-old puts Nadal’s serve to the outside world. 2: 4.
4: 6, 6: 4, 2: 3 – Tsitsipas can shorten back to their own service. But he is still behind and has to break through Nadal.
4: 6, 6: 4, 1: 3 – The Spaniard’s forehand is a force. Just like his serve, which allows him to extend his advantage for the first time in this third set.
4: 6, 6: 4, 1: 2 – BREAK! Break Festival in London. Nadal takes Tsitsipas’ serve to zero (!) And gets the lead back. A more exciting game than a Robert Koch Institute press conference …
4: 6, 6: 4, 1: 1 – BREAK! We are getting more and more in times of crisis. Tsitipas forces Nadal on the defensive at 30:30 and takes the break opportunity – and uses it as Nadal hits a backhand on the net.
4: 6, 6: 4, 0: 1 – BREAK! The Greek can serve first and starts the third set as Nadal finished the second – with a double mistake. Overall he makes too many mistakes, hits a light forehand and is about to play his first game. Annoying for the Greek.
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4: 6, 6: 4 – BREAK and Tsitsipas won the set. For the first time ever, it’s getting really complicated for Nadal. Tsitsipas varies a lot and works his first two break points in the game. The Spaniard rejects the first with a ball that is not easy to catch. In the second Nadal makes his first double mistake in the match and thus loses the second set
4: 6, 5: 4 – But not in the second round. The man from Athens serves well, shows no nerves and keeps his service game at zero.
4: 6, 4: 4 – Pooh, Nadal beats an ace at 30: 0 – with his second serve. And what does it do at 40: 0? The same thing! This is the trust aspect. 4: 4, the break following the first round …
4: 6, 4: 3 – Tsitsipas can take a deep breath, carry on his game. But he has to come up with something, otherwise it will be over for him after the preliminary round. The winner of this duel will meet the Russian Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals.
4: 6, 3: 3 – Too good. Nadal. IS. For. Good. 3: 3, the winner of the French Open 2020 draws.
4: 6, 3: 2 – The winner of the previous year presents again. All in sequence.
4: 6, 2: 2 – But nothing comes of it. Nadal does not give up on points again and moves to 2: 2 with a slice on the sidelines.
4: 6, 2: 1 – Tsitsipas wins the next game on his serve without losing any points. But at some point he MUST beat Nadal, otherwise he has no chance of a semifinal.
4: 6, 1: 1 – Well, Nadal makes no mistakes. As in the first round, the 34-year-old completes his first match. Tsitsipas doesn’t even come close to a chance to break here.
4: 6, 1: 0 – Tsitsipas has problems again. The Greek is not playing badly, but Nadal is better. Tsitsipas puts an advantage behind the back line, which leads to the first break point for Nadal in the second round, but he can push it back and secure the first game. What is Nadal doing?
So went the first sentence:
Conclusion sentence 1: Nadal deserves the lead. Tsitsipas starts strong but too often has fallen behind the Spaniard. One of the three breaks was enough for the world number two to deserve the first set.
4: 6 – The break has come at the perfect time. Nadal is in great shape, makes few mistakes and deserves the first set at 30:30 with two aces.
4: 5 – BREAK! Once again it will be tight for Tsitsipas. At 30:30 the Greek hits a backhand. This small mistake is followed by his first double fault, which means the escape and the advantage for Nadal.
4: 4 – Nadal only had to pass the second serve three times, heavily on the part of Nadal, who here doesn’t seem bothered by his missed break opportunities.
4: 3 – Oh, a double mistake. We have never seen anything like it before. But this is followed by Tsitsipas’ fourth ace. However: the 22-year-old falters for the first time. Nadal dominates the exchanges and has the first two break chances of the match. The Greek remains resolute, rejects both and takes the game. Take a deep breath for the one in position 6.
3: 3 – At 3.15pm Nadal puts a forehand on the line. An important point, otherwise it may have gotten complicated for the first time. So everything is in order.
3: 2 – Matches don’t last long as both players are in command of their serve. No games have debuted yet. Even the sixth?
2: 2 – Excellent level at the start of the game. Both players can count on their first serve. Tsitsipas’ backhand longline ends slightly out of bounds for Nadal at 40:15, so the Majorcan can equalize.
2: 1 – Tsitsipas is also very strong here, benefiting from a slight error by Nadal at 40: 0 and bringing his second game, always to zero.
1: 1 – Nadal easily manages his first game of service to zero.
1: 0 – Nadal makes the first point, but the Greek keeps calm, scores four points in a row and wins the first game with a fantastic backhand slice. Strong start.
21:37: And the game begins. Tsitsipas is the first to serve.
9.30 pm: Both players are already out and getting used to it. It will start soon.
9.20 pm: By the way: in 2018 a certain Alexander Zverev won the title in London. The German defeated Novak Djokovic in two sets and celebrated the biggest achievement of his career to date, as well as reaching the US Open finals this year.
21.10: Last year, the 22-year-old won the title in this tournament. And 2020?
21:00: Welcome to the final of the semi-finals of the ATP finals between Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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