ATP Tour Finals 2019 draw result: Djokovic and Federer drawn together as Nadal faces Zverev

Doubts remain about Nadal's fitness but he is hopeful of being able to compete

Alexander Zverev won the ATP finals in London (Getty)

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have been drawn in the same group for the ATP Finals in London.

The pair will do battle in the Bjorn Borg group at the O2 Arena and are joined by French Open finalist Dominic Thiem and Italian debutant Matteo Berrettini.

Top seed Rafael Nadal avoided Federer but finds himself in a tough-looking quartet alongside US Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and defending champion Alexander Zverev at the season-ending tournament, which begins on Sunday.

Doubts remain about Nadal's fitness but he is hopeful of being able to compete.

The Spaniard suffered an abdominal injury at the Paris Masters last week and had to pull out prior to his scheduled semi-final against Denis Shapovalov, prompting concerns he may again miss the ATP Finals.

Writing on Twitter, Nadal said: "Despite having a small strain, I will travel to London. Thursday or Friday I will start serving. The idea is to be able to play the £atpfinals in London."

Nadal has pulled out of the tournament four times since it moved to London in 2009 while he withdrew after one round-robin match on his last appearance in 2017.

The 33-year-old regained the world number one ranking for the first time in a year on Monday but has Djokovic breathing down his neck in the race for the year-end top spot.

Nadal, who has never won the title, would need to reach the final and win all three of his group matches to guarantee staying at number one.

The only British representative is doubles specialist Joe Salisbury, who makes his debut alongside American partner Rajeev Ram.

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Schedule

The tournament starts on Sunday and concludes on the following Sunday 17 November.

Tickets

Tickets are available via the official Nitto ATP Finals website.

Key Points

• GROUP AGASSI: Nadal, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Zverev
• GROUP BORG: Djokovic, Federer, Thiem, Berrettini

[5 November 2019 13:47 · Tom Kershaw]

Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of the ATP Finals draw. 

After 64 tournaments in 31 countries, the season-ending event will be contested between the world's best eight players.

Here are the seeds:

1 Rafael Nadal, 2 Novak Djokovic, 3 Roger Federer, 4 Daniil Medvedev, 5 Dominic Thiem, 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 7 Alexander Zverev, 8 Matteo Berrettini

[5 November 2019 13:55 · Lawrence Ostlere]

The pre-draw chit-chat is with last year's champion, Alexander Zverev, who is promising not to wear socks – which helped him to success last year – and who is excited to part of a cabal of five hope to shoot down the big three. 

[5 November 2019 13:57 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Daniil Medvedev is drawn in the Andre Agassi group...

[5 November 2019 13:58 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Roger Federer is drawn with Novak Djokovic in the Bjorn Borg group!

[5 November 2019 13:58 · Lawrence Ostlere]

GROUP AGASSI

Nadal

Medvedev

Tsitsipas

Zverev

GROUP BORG

Djokovic

Federer

Thiem

Berrettini

[5 November 2019 14:01 · Lawrence Ostlere]

So there are the groups – Rafael Nadal faces the challenge of three young talented players in his group, including the 22-year-old reigning champion Alexander Zverev. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer collide in the other group, with Dominic Thiem and the new man on the block Matteo Berrettini hoping to cause an upset. 

[5 November 2019 14:07 · Lawrence Ostlere]

That's it from us – thanks for joining. The tournament kicks off on Sunday at the O2 Arena in London and finishes the following Sunday 17 November.