The ATP Finals in London will start on 10th to 18th November. The draw is already out with Roger Federer set to face Novak Djokovic in the Round Robin matches. The Swiss has made 16 appearances in this season-ending tournament winning it six times. He is followed by Djokovic who has five victories in 11 ATP finals appearances. Sadly, for Nadal, he has never won any ATP Finals.
Federer in Bjorn Borg group
Roger Federer is the 3rd seeded player in the ATP Finals to be played in London. The Swiss was drawn in the Bjorn Borg group, and he is set to face off with Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, and Matteo Berrettini. This year’s season-ending tournament will present the 38-year-old with a chance to win his 7th ATP Finals in London. However, he will have to overcome Djokovic, who is very focused on retaining his world number one rank, currently being held by Rafael Nadal.
The Spaniard will be hoping to recover early enough to take part in the upcoming ATP Finals in London. Despite qualifying for this season-ending tournament 14 times, he has only participated in it eight times because of injuries. This year, he is still hoping to recover from an abdominal injury he sustained during the Paris masters to be ready for the season-ending showpiece in London.
Most entries in #ATPFinals :
Federer: 17
Agassi: 13
Lendl/Djokovic: 12
Connors/Becker/Sampras: 11
McEnroe/Edberg/Nadal: 9
Vilas/Murray: 8#ATP #ATPTour #Federer #Nadal #Djokovic— Roger Laver (@DonaldTendulkar) November 6, 2019
Rafael Nadal’s injury woes
The current number one is yet to win any ATP Finals. Injuries have managed to keep him out of six ATP finals. Even this year, he is still racing against time to be 100-percent fit for the final tournament of the 2019 season.
Recently, he wrote on his Twitter account that he would be participating in the upcoming tournament. Rafael Nadal hinted that he would be travelling to London this week to kickstart his preparations for this year’s competition.
“Hello, everyone. Yesterday I had a resonance in Mallorca, and despite having a small strain in the right abdominal rectum, I will travel to London. Thursday or Friday, I will start adapting to the service. The idea is to be able to play the #atpfinals in London. Thanks for the support!” He tweeted.
He is also hoping to defend the world number one rank he is currently holding. But, the 33-year-old faces stiff competition from Novak Djokovic who is following him closely at number two. Besides, Nadal believes he can equal Roger Federer’s record of 20 won Grand Slam titles. The Spaniard is only one title shy of equaling the Swiss’s record.
Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.3, Roger played his last match on the 27th of October when he overcame Alex De Minaur 6-2 6-2 in the final in Basel to win his 103rd career title.
This year Federer has a 49-8 win-loss record. Roger clinched 4 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami, in Halle and in Basel. Roger was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.
Novak Djokovic’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.2, Novak played his last match on the 3rd of November when he beat Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 in the final in Paris to win his 77th career title.
This year the Serbian has a 53-9 win-loss record. Novak conquered 5 titles in 2019 at the Australian Open, in Madrid, in Wimbledon, in Tokyo and in Paris. Djokovic was the finalist in Rome.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic played each other 49 times. The head to head is 27-22 for Djokovic.
The last time that they locked horns, Novak Djokovic won 7-65 1-6 7-64 4-6 13-123 in the final in London on the 14th July 2019.
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