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Patna : World No 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, beat World No 8 Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, in a three-set thriller in a Group Stage match in Nitto ATP finals at O2 Arena, London, UK, on November 18, 2020. Tsitsipas, who had lost his first match to World No 3 Dominic Thiem, 27, Austria, on November 15, 2020, in three-sets, beat Rublev 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 in 1hr 56 minutes in a Group B match.
Tsitsipas won 2 break points in the match to 1 by the Russian. Tsitsipas, in all, won 95 points in the match to 83 by Rublev. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Rublev fired 4 Aces to 3 by the Greek.
Tsitsipas, who had won the ATP Finals singles title in 2019, will next face World No 2 Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, in a Group B match on November 20, 2020, at 1.30 am. Rublev will next face Thiem on November 19, 2020, at 7.30 pm.