Internet Desk: Rafael Nadal won a record 10th French Open title in Paris which led him to become the very first player to book his place at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals which will be held in London O2 Arena from November 12th to 19th.
The Spaniard has claimed four titles on the tour this year, winning 46 matches and losing just six in a stellar 2017.
“I’ve had a great season so far and I am happy to have already qualified for London,” Nadal said. “I could not play last year because of injury so I look forward to returning in November.”
Nadal has only finished runner-up in 2010 and 2013 and never won the event, losing out to Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, respectively.
The ATP World Tour Finals features the world’s top eight singles players and top eight doubles pairs.
Federer, after winning the Australian Open earlier this year, is next in line to qualify for the event.
The Swiss, after sitting out the entire claycourt season to prepare for Wimbledon will return to action in Stuttgart this week.
Young Austrian Dominic Thiem is third in the ATP race to London, followed by Stan Wawrinka, Alexander Zverev, Djokovic, world number one Andy Murray, and Belgium’s David Goffin.
Players earn their place at the season finale by finishing in the top eight of the race to London standings on the 6th of November, when the World Tour regular season ends after the Paris Masters.
The race is a calendar-year points race that starts at the beginning of each season in the first week of January.