Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer in the same group for ATP London Finals

ATP World Tour Finals, which starts in London on Sunday, will have vak Djokovic and Roger Federer drawn in same group. six-time ATP winner Federer and five-time winner Djokovic will compete in Group Borg alongside Matteo Berrettini and Dominic Thiem. or group, Group Agassi consists of newly-crowned World .1 Rafael Nal alongside Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, and Stefas Tsitsipas.

Nal, who h pulled out of last week’s Paris Masters, anunced on Tuesday that he plans to compete in London. Spaniard stated that an MRI scan h revealed an abdominal injury, which h forced him to withdraw from semi-finals in Paris. Despite withdrawing from Paris tournament, Nal overtook Djokovic at top of rankings this week.

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However, if Nal does t play or fails to win a round-robin match at ATP finals, he will lose top spot. If Nal fails to win and Djokovic wins two group st matches and reaches finals of tournament, latter will end year as World .1.

Federer’s ATP World Tour Finals record

Roger Federer has most ATP titles in history, winning it six times in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011. He also has won most matches in tournament with 57 wins. This year’s participation will be his 17th career appearance. ATP finals, held in London since 2009, features year’s eight top players in season-ending championship. participants play three robin-round matches, with two top players from each group moving to semi-finals.

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ATP Finals Groups

Andre Agassi Group: Rafael Nal, Daniil Medvedev, Stefas Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev        

Bjorn Borg Group: vak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem, Matteo Berrettini

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Doubles team

Apart from singles event, eight teams qualified for doubles event. teams set to participate are Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies, Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus, Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek and Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Bryan brors, who have won event four times, will t be participating this year.

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