Nadal Tsitsipas 6-7, 6-4, 7-5: highlights of the ATP Finals match

Rafa Nadal wins another extraordinary comeback victory against Tsitsipas, but Zverev's success against Medvedev in the evening eliminates him from the ATP Finals. Spanish is consoled by closing the year at No. 1 in the world

Rafa Nadal beats Stefanos Tsitsipas but is eliminated from the race for le semifinals of the ATP Finals. In the match that opened the last day of the Agassi group's round robin, the world number 1 placed yet another extraordinary comeback after that of 48 hours ago with Medvedev, winning 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 against the Greek, who had already entered the field of qualification. Rafa, who with the elimination from Djokovic's Finals got the mathematical certainty of closing the year on the world throne for the fifth time in his career, he paid Zverev's success on Medvedev in the evening, which ousted him from the top 4 of the year-end Masters.

Nadal-Tsitsipas, the chronicle

First big set equilibrium, with zero break points granted. Then we reach the tie-break, where Nadal unexpectedly gives Tsitsipas a couple of free gifts that he thanks and collects the partial authority 7-6 after an hour of struggle. Rafa leveled up in the second part and al ninth game places the first break of the match: it is the decisive one to close 6-4 and drag the Greek to the 3rd set. Nadal is relentless in network play and places the break at the 11th game: the arm of the world number 1 does not tremble and sanctions the 7-5 after almost three hours of battle.