The final tennis event of 2022, the ATP Men's Year-End Finals, kicks off on November 13 in Turin, Italy, where the eight best performers of the season and can compete will be divided into two groups to determine the top two players in the group, and then compete with the top two players from the other group in the semifinals and final.
According to the results of the group draw released by the organizing committee, the top seed Nadal drew a top draw, he was placed in the green group with Ruud, Aliassime and Fritz, while Djokovic was divided into the red group with Tsitsipas, Medvedev and Rublev. For this result, the outside world generally believes that the green group is a group where everyone has a chance to qualify, while the red group is a group of out-and-out death.
It should be emphasized that Nadal's record in the confrontation with the three players in the green group is superior, including 1-0 Ruud, 2-0 Aliassime, 2-1 Fritz, so Nadal's mentality should be very relaxed when meeting them in this year-end final, according to the schedule, the first opponent in the Turin finals will be Fritz, who participated in the year-end round for the first time, and the match will start at 4 a.m. Beijing time on November 14.
It is also worth mentioning that the green group will take the lead this Sunday, the first matchday. The red group will appear next Monday, the second matchday – which means that the red group players will play the semi-finals immediately after the group stage next Friday. The Green Qualifier has a day off, and if Deyo can qualify from the group, his fitness will also be greatly tested.
In contrast, if Nadal can qualify from the green group, he will have an extra day of rest, physical reserves will have an advantage, in addition, if Nadal plays extraordinary, he does not rule out the possibility of winning the year-end finals championship in one fell swoop, when he will not only break the embarrassment of not having a champion in the year-end finals, but also surpass Alcaraz with the points of this station and be crowned the year-end world No. 1, no doubt, this is a scene that Deyo does not want to see, as for what kind of performance Nadal and Deyo can have in this final, let's wait and see.