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Friday, Jun 27, 2025
The 37-year-old shrugged off the passing of time to swagger past the dangerous Anderson 6-4, 6-3 and reach the semi-finals.
Nadal announced that an abdominal muscle problem and an ankle surgery had forced him to pull out of the season-ending event.
Only six-times champion Roger Federer has enjoyed a 6-0, 6-0 victory at the season-ending tournament.
Austrian Dominic Thiem got his campaign off to a fine start with a 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The world No. 3 struck 37 clean winners to claim his second round-robin victory and reigning champion Stefanos Tsitsipas's narrow defeat of Andrey Rublev later guaranteed the Austrian a semifinal spot with a match to spare.
Medvedev's 6-3, 6-4 win over Zverev put him joint top of the Tokyo Group alongside world No. 1 Djokovic, who put on a masterclass to trounce debutant Schwartzman 6-3, 6-2.
Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas both crashed to defeat in their first matches of the year Friday as day one of the inaugural ATP Cup sprung some big upsets.
Federer finishes second in Group Bjorn Borg, behind Thiem, who also beat Djokovic earlier this week. The Swiss will face the Group Andre Agassi winner on Saturday.
The 21-year-old debutant, the youngest of the eight qualifiers for the elite season-ender at the O2 Arena, displayed resilience and flair in equal measure to become the youngest champion since Lleyton Hewitt in 2001.
Earlier, Stefanos Tsitsipas shocked six-time champion Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 to reach the final of the ATP Finals in his tournament debut.
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