Rafa Nadal did not get off to a good start at the Nitto ATP Finals taking place this week in Turin. The Balearic started with a loss and this Tuesday, November 15, he will have to react against Félix Auger-Aliassime to stay alive in a tournament that, in his long and successful career, he has not yet won.
The match between the Spaniard and the Canadian will not begin before 2:00 p.m. on the Turin court and will be seen by Movistar Deportes, in addition to being able to follow minute by minute through the La Vanguardia website.
The one from Manacor, who has participated 17 times in the tournament and has reached two finals (2010 and 2013), lost in his debut against Taylor Fritz, a last-minute substitute for the injured Carlos Alcaraz, number 1 in the ATP. The American imposed his power and efficiency on serve against a Nadal who was only close on the scoreboard in the first set (7-6 (3) and 6-1).
In this way, the winner of 22 Grand Slams is only worth winning against a rival against whom he knows no defeat, the Spanish being victorious in the matches they have played. Nadal beat the American with relative ease at the 2019 Madrid Masters, but struggled to win last year's Roland Garros in a five-set match.
Auger-Aliassime, a pupil of Toni Nadal, also lost in his first match at the Nitto ATP Finals. The young Canadian tennis player, 22 years old, succumbed in two sets against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (7-6 (4) and 6-4), who for his part will also play this Tuesday, not before 9:00 p.m., against Fritz, against which he has never played.
