The last tennis event in 2022, the ATP men's year-end finals will kick off in Turin, Italy on November 13th. At that time, the 8 players who have performed the best this season and can still participate will be divided into two groups, with the best players in the group. The top two players in this group will be determined in the form of catching and fighting, and then they will compete with the top two players in other groups in the semi-finals and finals.
According to the results of the group draw announced by the organizing committee of the tournament, the top seed Nadal has been drawn to the top spot. Covic, Tsitsipas, , Medvedev, , and Rublev were placed in the red group. Regarding this result, the outside world generally believes that the green group is a group where everyone has a chance to qualify, while the red group is an out-and-out death group.
It needs to be emphasized that Nadal has a superior record against the three players in the green group, including 1-0 Rudd, 2-0 Aliassim, and 2-1 Fritz. When joining forces with them in the year-end finals this year, the mentality should be very relaxed. According to the schedule, the first opponent in the finals in Turin will be Fritz, who will participate in the year-end finals for the first time. This game will be played in Beijing. The game starts at 4:00 am on November 14th.
It is also worth mentioning that the green group will be the first to debut on the first match day this Sunday. The red group will appear on the second match day next Monday - which means that the red group qualified players will play in the semi-finals immediately after the group stage on the next Friday. The green group qualified players will have a day off. If Djokovic can qualify for the group, his physical fitness will also face a huge test. Compared with
, if Nadal can qualify from the green group, he will have one more day of rest, and his physical reserves will have an advantage. In addition, if Nadal performs exceptionally, he cannot rule out the possibility of winning the year-end finals championship in one fell swoop. Not only did he break the embarrassment of not winning the championship in the year-end finals, but he will also overtake Alcarras with the points of this station and be crowned the world number one at the end of the year. There is no doubt that this is a scene that Djokovic does not want to see. As for Let us wait and see how Nadal and Djokovic can perform in this finals.