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Patna : World No 3 Dominic Thiem,27, Austria, upset World No 2 Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, in straight sets 7-6, 7-6 in 2hr 26 minutes at O2 Arena, London, UK, in a Group Stage match in Nitto ATP Finals on November 17, 2020, night. It was Thiem’s 2nd win in Group Stage while Nadal has won one match.
Both the players won 1 break point each in the match. Thiem though fired 6 Aces in the match to 2 by Nadal. The Austrian, in all, won 86 points in the match to 81 by the Spainiard. Thiem won 3 games in a row to 2 by Nadal, who is yet to win this tournament though he has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles. Nadal, however, still leads Thiem 9-6 Head to Head.
Nadal was leading 5-2 in the first set tiebreak but Thiem clawed back to make it 5-5 and win the tie 9-7. Nadal was leading 2-1 in second set tiebreak as well but rallied back strongly to win the tiebreak 7-4.