Nadal's struggle continued, losing 6-7/1-6 to Fritz in the opening game of the year-end finals
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Since his ATP year-end finals group stage victory over Medvedev in 2019, Nadal has a 0-10 record against the top 10 players on hard courts.
Fritz became the first player since 2020 after Dominic Thiem to beat Nadal twice in one year.
Since 2016, two defeats against Nadal in a single season have occurred a total of four times, the remaining two being Federer in 2017 and Djokovic in 2016.
In this state, Nadal seems to be drifting away from the ATP year-end finals champion who is still not involved in his career, and he expects Rafa to adjust as soon as possible and strive to qualify from the group first.
