Eliminated Nadal Closes ATP Finals With Win Over Ruud
Tennis player Rafael Nadal was still able to close the ATP Finals positively. After two losses in the group stage, the 36-year-old Spaniard did win his third match against the Norwegian Casper Ruud.
In Turin, Nadal triumphed in straight sets: 7-5 7-5.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion, who was struggling with a lack of match rhythm, recovered somewhat against Ruud. The two kept each other in balance for a long time in both sets. Nadal broke the Norwegian at 6-5 in the first set. He did that again in the twelfth game in the second set.
The semifinals of the year-end tournament were already out of reach for Nadal due to his losses against American Taylor Fritz and Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime. On the other hand, the 23-year-old Ruud, a finalist at Roland Garros and the US Open ...