The top 8 men's singles in the year-end finals are in their place. The
men's tennis final in 2022, the ATP year-end finals, will officially start in Turin, Italy on the evening of the 13th. Although Alcaraz is absent due to injury, the lineup for this year-end finals is still star-studded. , which inevitably leads to a "pessimistic" speculation: Nadal, who has never "involved" in this championship, may find it difficult to realize his dream in Turin.
Nadal came to Turin for the first time.
As one of the few "Golden Slam" winners in men's tennis, the only championship trophy that Nadal, 36, lacks seems to be the men's singles championship trophy in the year-end finals. In 2010 and 2013, he advanced to the men's singles final of the finals twice. Nadal lost to two old rivals successively. Among them, he lost to Federer 1-2 in 2010 (won the year-end finals 6 times in his career), 2013 Lost to Djokovic 0-2 in the year (5 times won the tournament).
Considering Nadal's age, this year seems to be the last chance for him to win the year-end finals and end his regret, but at the same time, I have to admit that Nadal, who is a first-time father, is still facing difficulties in this competition. Enough challenges, and his challenge seems to have started in the first group game.
Fritz beat Nadal to win the Masters men's singles title for the first time.
Due to Alcaraz's injury, Fritz was lucky to get on the last train, and the 25-year-old American will also be Nadal's opponent in the first group match. In the three previous encounters between the two, although Nadal had a slight advantage of 2 wins and 1 loss, the only previous encounter between the two in the final was precisely with Fritz winning and winning the Indian Wells Masters Men's Championship. Ended up with a single championship. Although Nadal experienced a hard fight to "revenge" Fritz at Wimbledon this year, that game also hurt Nadal's vitality. Therefore, when Nadal meets Fritz in the year-end finals again, he may really Hard to say to win.
Nadal's green group.
Apart from Fritz, the other players in Nadal's group are Aliassim, 22, and Rudd, 23, although Nadal has a 100% record against both youngsters (against Alli). Yasim had 2 wins and 0 losses, and faced Rudd with 1 win and 0 losses), but the "King of Clay" previously faced these two players on clay courts, which also made the previous record of the match seem not to be particularly good. persuasive.
Djokovic, who is in the red group, looks more like a champion?
has never won the championship in the year-end finals. He also lost to Paul in the Paris Masters and suffered a "round trip". After becoming a father for the first time, Nadal is somewhat absent-minded, so it is difficult to win the year-end finals. The biggest favorite, and at the same time, Djokovic, who is in the same red group as Tsitsipas, Medvedev, and Rublev, seems to be more of a favorite in this final than Nadal.
Djokovic interacts with fans.
Djokovic, who just lost to Lunet in the final at the Paris Masters, is indeed in better shape than Nadal on the court recently, but if Djokovic also misses the championship in Turin, he will also It is not particularly surprising, because other young players who appeared in this year-end finals will also have no shortage of bright spots and no shortage of championships in 2022.
Tsitsipas won a Masters singles title this year.
Although Nadal (Australian Open, French Open) and Djokovic (Wimbledon) are the only two players to win a Grand Slam men's singles title this year among the eight men's singles players who have appeared in the finals, But the other 6 players also have no lack of championship titles (regardless of the level of the championship) in addition to their age advantage. Among them, Rublev and Aliasim will win 4 championships in 2022 like the "two giants", Rudd and Fernandez Ritz has three titles each, Medvedev and Tsitsipas have two each - Tsitsipas's two include the Monte Carlo Masters. The 8 players of
who appeared in the men's singles competition in the year-end finals won a total of 26 men's singles championship trophies in 2022, which also means that these 8 players will all achieve extraordinary achievements in 2022 - sorry for Alcaraz. So while Djokovic and Nadal are still the favorites, it may not come as a surprise for any player to win the men's singles title in the year-end finals, and then againNow, I hope Nadal wins the championship, maybe more about feelings!
