ATP World Tour Finals draw: Nadal faces Dimitrov and Thiem, Federer gets Zverev, Cilic
RAFAEL NADAL will play Grigor Dimitrov in the ATP World Tour Finals group stages, while Roger Federer has also learned his fate for the London showdown.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are the top two seeds
After a delay of over an hour, the draw for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, which begins on 12-19 November at The O2 in London, finally took place and it set up a series of mouthwatering matches.
World No 1 Rafael Nadal will play Dominic Thiem and David Goffin but his toughest match is likely to be against Dimitrov.
Nadal and Dimitrov have played each other on three occasions this year with all of them going to a final set and ending with victory for the Spaniard.
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ATP World Tour Finals Group Stage
Group A/Pete Sampras - Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin
Group B/Boris Becker - Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev, Marin Cilic, Jack Sock
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In Group B, second seed Roger Federer faces a rematch of his Wimbledon final with Marin Cilic and he will be hoping to avenge his loss to Alexander Zverev at the Rogers Cup earlier this year.
Jack Sock makes up the eight players, having only qualified for the Finals after winning the Paris Masters on Sunday.
The draw was scheduled to take place at 8:15 on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 with three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in control of proceedings.
But Becker was stuck in traffic meaning the draw did not take place until around 9:15.