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Published 12:51 IST, November 9th 2019

Watch Federer & Nadal's candid moment ahead of ATP World Tour Finals

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have a candid talk before they clash in the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals. ATP Tour shared the 'Fedal' moment on Twitter

Reported by: Sreehari Menon
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are amongst the greatest players to ever play tennis. Fierce rivals on the pitch, the duo are good friends off it. The official Twitter account of the ATP Tour had some ‘Fedal’ content to spill before both Federer and Nadal are set to take part in the Nitto ATP Finals, starting on Sunday, 10th November.  

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Watch Federer, Nadal having a candid chat

The ATP tour took to Twitter to share a video in which Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal are involved in a conversation. The ATP captioned the short video as "The #FEDAL content we all want to see" and tagged the two legends of the sport. Fans instantly poured in their love and wished the duo and asked for more 'Fedal' content.

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ATP World Tour Finals kick-start on Sunday

The ATP Finals is all set to take stage centre stage in London on Sunday. The tournament is contested between the 8 highest ranked singles and doubles players in the ATP World Rankings. The top 8 eight are divided into two groups with World No.1 Nadal, Medvedev, Tsitsipas and Zverev drawn in Group Agassi while Group Borg has the likes of 5-time winner Djokovic, World No.3 Federer, Thiem and Berrettini.

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The Federer-Nadal rivalry

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have faced each other 40 times in their career so far, with the Spanish ace leading the Swiss 24-16. Federer has won 20 Grand Slam tournament titles, the most ever in the history by a men's player. Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam titles, with the most recent being the US Open earlier this year. Nadal is yet to win a year-end final and would hope to break the duck in London. Federer, on the other hand, has won 6 year-end titles and would look add another one to his kitty. 

Also Read: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer In The Same Group For ATP London Finals

17:52 IST, November 8th 2019