Rafael Nadal vs. Andrey Rublev – Prediction – ATP London (UK) 15.11.2020

H2H: Rafael Nadal v Andrey Rublev – comparison.

Rafael Nadal is 1-0 against Andrey Rublev and 2-1 against Russians in this tournament, including his sensational comeback effort against Daniil Medvedev in the group stages of last year’s edition. Regardless, Andrey Rublev is in terrific form at the moment, and he is also the better player in these conditions, and he would fancy his chances of getting his first win against the world #2, Rafael Nadal.

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Andrey Rublev was involved in the race to qualify for London until a few weeks ago, and winning back-to-back titles in St.Petersburg and Vienna sealed it for him. The Russian will now make his debut in the year-end ATP Tour Finals. World #8 Andrey Rublev is one of the most in-form players coming into this week as he put together an 11-match winning streak on the indoor hard courts in Vienna, St.Petersburg, and Paris Masters, which ended at the hands of Stan Wawrinka in the round of 16 in Paris Masters earlier this month, 6-1 4-6 3-6.

In fact, the talented Russian is arguably the best performer in ATP Tour events this year. He made a flying start to the season by bagging consecutive titles in Doha and Adelaide and added three more to his collections after the restart in Hamburg, Vienna, and St.Petersburg. Overall, Andrey Rublev has won an impressive 48 matches at the expense of only ten losses (at all levels) so far in 2020, with 13 of those wins coming on indoor hard courts (13/2). Andrey Rublev had terrific finishes to his previous three seasons, having finished as the runner-up to Hyeon Chung in the inaugural edition of the ATP Next Gen Finals in 2017, won the title in ATP Next Gen Finals in 2018, and won all his four matches in the Davis Cup last year.

Rafael Nadal’s attempt to win his first-ever title in the Paris Masters ended at the hands of Alexander Zverev in the semifinal a couple of weeks ago, and he now bids to win his first-ever title in the ATP Tour Finals. It was still a reasonably good outing for the Spaniard considering he hadn’t played a match on non-clay surfaces since February 2020 and indoor hard courts since ATP Tour Finals 2019. Former world #1 Rafael Nadal made his debut in the ATP Tour Finals back in 2006 and has competed here nine times so far, with the best result being a couple of runner-up finishes in 2010 and 2013. His recent two campaigns here in 2017 and 2019 ended in the group stages, winning two matches from the possible four.

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