Auger-Aliassime rebounds at ATP Finals with first career win over top-seeded Nadal

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over top-seeded Rafael Nadal in round-robin play at the ATP Finals on Tuesday.

Auger-Aliassime, seeded fifth in the season-ending men's championship, won 81 per cent of his first serve points and delivered 15 aces

It was his first career win over the 22-time Grand Slam champion. Nadal had beaten Auger-Aliassime twice previously, including a gruelling five-set decision at the French Open in May.

The 22-year-old Auger-Aliassime opened the season-ending tournament on Sunday, losing 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Norway's Casper Ruud.

Auger-Aliassime will next meet eighth-seeded American Taylor Fritz, while the 0-2 Nadal faces plays the third-seeded Rudd.

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Auger-Aliassime earned his way to Turin with an impressive 16-match win streak, winning three of the final four ATP Tour events of the year.

He captured titles in Florence, Antwerp and Basel during that run and earlier in the season won in Rotterdam.

Auger-Aliassime earned a personal-best 56 wins this season, lifting him up to a career-high No. 6 world ranking.

Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic is set to be granted a visa to play in next year's Australian Open despite his high-profile deportation in January.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Tuesday said it had confirmed newspaper reports that the immigration minister had overturned a potential three-year exclusion period for Djokovic.

The Australian Border Force has previously said an exclusion period could be waived in certain circumstances — and that each case would be assessed on its merits.

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles' office declined comment on privacy grounds, meaning any announcement on Djokovic's visa status would