Second-ranked Djokovic leveled the final for Serbia with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) win over top-ranked Nadal on Sunday night, increasing his lead to 29-26 in their career head-to-heads.
World No.1 Rafael Nadal and No.2 Novak Djokovic are set up for a blockbuster finale at the Ken Rosewall Arena for the inaugural ATP Cup, just a week before the year's first Grand Slam - the Australian Open 2020.
Rafael Nadal weathered an early barrage before beating Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to clinch Spain's semifinal win over Australia and secure a spot in the inaugural ATP Cup decider against Serbia.
With the win, the Serbian ended a two-match losing streak against the 23-year-old Russian, who had beaten Djokovic twice in three games in 2019 (Monte-Carlo, Cincinnati).
Novak Djokovic has been leading Serbia at the ongoing ATP Cup event in Sydney, where they will be facing Russia in a semi-final on Saturday.
Djokovic, who has won a record seven Australian Open men's singles titles, was playing in Sydney for the first time in a decade after going 3-0 in singles in the ATP Cup in Brisbane
Novak Djokovic defeated Denis Shapovalov 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 to win the match and take Serbia to the semi-finals.
The seven-time Australian Open champion won his singles and doubles matches back-to-back to guide Serbia to a comeback win over France on Monday and secure a spot in the ATP Cup quarterfinals.
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has pledged 25,000 AUD for Australia bushfire relief.
Djokovic said it was reasonable to consider delaying the start of the tournament because of the extreme conditions “but I think that's probably the very, very last option for anything.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) while Rafael Nadal got the better of beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 7-5 for Spain.
ATP Cup will be a 24-team affair with names like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Denis Shapovalov confirming their participation.
The only twist in the tale that 2019 served was the rise of the Next Gen power in the form of Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic once again dominated the world of tennis with Andy Murray breaking it for a brief while in 2016.
They will be joined by Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Matteo Berrettini, Roberto Bautista Agut and Gael Monfils.
They will join the four semifinalists from this year’s inaugural revamp: Britain, Canada, Russia and Spain.
The result puts Russia in the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time since 2008. The Russians will next face Canada.
Roger Federer avenged his Wimbledon loss to Novak Djokovic earlier this year with a clinical 6-4, 6-3 win in the ATP Finals to reach the semis.
Dominic Thiem outlasted Novak Djokovic 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 on Tuesday to become the first player to advance from the group stage at the ATP Finals.
Thiem beat Federer 7-5, 7-5 Sunday in their opening match at the ATP Finals for his fifth win in seven meetings with the Swiss great — and third straight this year.
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