Stunning Nadal to clash vs. Tsitsipas after disintegrating Khachanov at the Mubadala WTC

Rafael Nadal seems to be extremely determined to start the new season with a bang! The world no.1 demolished Karen Khachanov in the semifinal of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship to conceded just 4 games to the Russian. The Spaniard won 6-1 6-3 after playing fantastic tennis to challenge Stefanos Tsitsipas in a rather interesting final.

H2H and Preview: Rafael Nadal vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas played each other 6 times. The head to head is 5-1 for Nadal.

The last time that they squared off, Rafael Nadal won 6-7⁴ 6-4 7-5 in the round robin in London (Nitto ATP Finals) on the 15^th of November 2019.

In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.

Djokovic vs. Khachanov for the 3rd place

Karen Khachanov and Novak Djokovic will face off for the 3rd place. They played each other 4 times on the main tour. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic.

The last time that they fought against each other, Rafael Nadal won 7-5 6-4 in the final in Paris (BNP Paribas Masters) in November 2018.

Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2019

At the moment ranked no.1, Nadal played his last match on the 15^th of November when he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7⁴ 6-4 7-5 in the round robin in London.

This season the Spaniard has a 52-7 win-loss record. Rafael has won 4 titles in 2019 in Rome, at the French Open, in Montreal and at the U.S. Open. Rafael was the finalist at the Australian Open.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.6, the Greek played his last match on the 17^th of November when he overcame Dominic Thiem 6-7⁶ 6-2 7-6⁴ in the final in London to win his 4^th career title.

This season the Greek has a 53-25 win-loss record. The Greek clinched 3 titles in 2019 in Marseille, in Estoril and in London. Tsitsipas was the finalist in Dubai, in Madrid and in Beijing.

Karen Khachanov’s ranking and performance in 2019

Now the world no.17, Karen played his last match on the 29^th of October when he surrendered to Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6⁵ 3-6 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Paris.

Karen Khachanov’s most significant result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Montreal and Beijing.

Novak Djokovic’s ranking and performance in 2019

Now the world no.2, the Serbian played his last match on the 14^th of November when he had to bow to Roger Federer 6-4 6-3 in the round robin in London.

At the moment, this season Djokovic has a 54-11 win-loss record. Djokovic clinched 5 titles in 2019 at the Australian Open, in Madrid, in Wimbledon, in Tokyo and in Paris. Novak was the runner-up in Rome.