Nadal excited about Australian Open title defence
TURIN, Italy: Rafa Nadal ended his season on a high on Thursday (Nov 17) after a difficult few months and said he was excited about the prospect of defending his Australian Open crown in January.
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TURIN, Italy: Rafa Nadal ended his season on a high on Thursday (Nov 17) after a difficult few months and said he was excited about the prospect of defending his Australian Open crown in January.
TURIN: Rafa Nadal may be heading home but he made sure he avoided matching his worst ever losing sequence with a 7-5 7-5 victory over Norway's Casper Ruud at the ATP Finals on Thursday (Nov 17).
TURIN, Italy :Rafa Nadal was eliminated from the ATP Finals as Casper Ruud beat American Taylor Fritz in their round-robin match in Turin on Tuesday, which also guaranteed that teenager Carlos Alcaraz would end the year as world number one.
Felix Auger-Aliassime left Rafa Nadal's title hopes at the ATP Finals in tatters as he beat the struggling Spaniard 6-3 6-4 in round-robin action at Turin's Pala Alpitour Stadium on Tuesday.
(This story has been corrected to fix Ruud's nationality in lead)
World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz sailed into the Paris Masters third round with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Yoshihito Nishioka but Rafa Nadal and Daniil Medvedev both slumped to surprise losses on Wednesday (Oct 2).
Rafa Nadal said he does not expect to be in good enough shape to mount a serious challenge at the season-ending ATP Finals after being beaten by Tommy Paul at the Paris Masters on Wednesday.
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal will return to competition at next week's Paris Masters before taking his place at the season-ending ATP Finals, coach Carlos Moya said.