PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Nadal, Fritz, Ruud and Auger-Aliassime to play on Sunday – Nitto ATP Finals

TURIN ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Rafael Nadal, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud and Felix Auger-Aliassime will play on Sunday

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Rafael Nadal-Taylor Fritz-Casper Ruud-Felix Auger-Aliassime Stats info

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Rafael Nadal, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud and Felix Auger-Aliassime are going to compete on Sunday at the Nitto ATP Finals.

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Taylor Fritz vs. Rafael Nadal Nitto ATP Finals

Taylor Fritz vs. Rafael Nadal

Head to head 2-1 for Nadal

Taylor Fritz will play Rafael Nadal in the Round Robin for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 9:00 pm on Centre Court.

Taylor Fritz: ranking and results

Ranked no. 9, the American will start his run in Turin after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group D, Glasgow where he lost to Norrie in the Rubber 2 on the 14th of September.

Fritz has a 43-19 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Indian Wells where he beat Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in Eastbourne where he overcame Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) and in Tokyo where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

Last year in Nitto ATP Finals The American didn’t compete in Nitto ATP Finals in 2021.

Rafael Nadal: ranking and results

Ranked no. 2, the Spaniard will start his run in Turin after he played his last match in Paris where he lost to Paul in the 2nd round on the 2nd of November.

Rafael has a 38-6 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Melbourne where he defeated Maxime Cressy in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and at the Australian Open where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 and in Acapulco where he overcame Cameron Norrie in the final 6-4 6-4 and at the French Open where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 6-3 6-3 6-0.

Last year in Turin Nadal didn’t compete in Turin in 2021.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 4th time that Taylor Fritz and Rafael Nadal square off. Their actual record is 2-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Nadal won 3-6 7-5 3-6 7-5 7-6(4) in the quarter in Wimbledon back in July 2022.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 2.21
Taylor Fritz -> 1.666

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