Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, and Stefanos Tsitsipas are among the top players that are part of the Western & Southern Open acceptance list. This year the tournament will be staged in New York (not in Cincinnati) in the so-called bubble that has been created to keep players and members of the teams safe during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Will Nadal play the US Open?
It is not a surprise to see Novak Djokovic in the entry list as the world no.1 has been training on hard courts with the same balls that will be adopted at the US Open. Therefore, the Serbian sensation is widely expected to play the American swing.
On the other side, even if Nadal is in the W&S acceptance list he is most probably going to skip the entire American summer to focus on the European clay season. Rafa is currently training on clay and there is no reason to think he will go to New York to risk an injury that occurs regularly when he plays in the US.
Western & Southern Open acceptance list
Here the full list with Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils, and Fabio Fognini are already out.
1 Djokovic, Novak
2 Nadal, Rafael
3 Thiem, Dominic
5 Medvedev, Daniil
6 Tsitsipas, Stefanos
7 Zverev, Alexander
8 Berrettini, Matteo
10 Goffin, David
12 Bautista Agut, Roberto
13 Schwartzman, Diego
14 Anderson, Kevin
14 Rublev, Andrey
15 Khachanov, Karen
16 Shapovalov, Denis
18 Garin, Cristian
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Novak Djokovic in 2020
At the moment ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 29th of February when he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the final in Dubai to win his 79th career title.
This season the Serbian has a 18-0 win-loss record. Novak clinched 2 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open and in Dubai.
Rafael Nadal in 2020
Ranked no.2, Nadal played his last match on the 29th of February when he overcame Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 in the final in Acapulco to win his 85th career title.
Currently, this year Nadal has a 13-3 win-loss record. Nadal conquered 1 title in Acapulco.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played each other 55 times. The head to head is 29-26 for Djokovic. The last time that they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-2 7-64 in the final in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney (ATP Cup) on the 12th of January 2020.
Dominic Thiem in 2020
Currently ranked no.3 (career-high), Thiem played his last match on the 22nd of February when he lost to Gianluca Mager 7-64 7-5 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro.
Dominic Thiem’s best result of the present year was getting to the final at the Australian Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2020
Ranked no.6, Stefanos played his last match on the 7th of March when he overcame Jeson Patrombon 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 4 of the Davis Cup.
Presently, this year Stefanos has a 11-5 win-loss record. The Greek conquered 1 title in Marseille. Tsitsipas was the finalist in Dubai.
Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas played each other 7 times. The head to head is 4-3 for Thiem. The last time that they played, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 6-76 6-2 7-64 in the final in London (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2019.
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