Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal learn fates for ATP Finals as draw is made

Federer and Nadal have learnt their fates (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have learnt their opponents for the Round Robin stage of the ATP Finals after the draw was made.

The pair have dominated the sport in 2017 and are in separate groups at the season-ending event.

World No. 1 Nadal has been placed in the Pete Sampras Group along with Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin.

Federer, meanwhile, will participate in the Boris Becker Group alongside Alexander Zverev, Marin Cilic and Jack Sock.

ATP Finals groups

Pete Sampras Group: Nadal, Thiem, Dimitrov, Goffin

Boris Becker Group: Federer, Zverev, Cilic, Sock

In the Pete Sampras Group, Dimitrov and Goffin are competing as outright qualifiers for the tournament for the first time, although the Belgian did feature as an alternate in 2016.

Austria’s Thiem is making his second appearance at the ATP Finals, having failed to get out of the Round Robin stage last time out.

Dimitrov will face Nadal (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Thiem is making his second appearance in London (Picture: Corbis/Getty)

Of Federer’s opponents, only Cilic has participated in this event prior to 2017, with world No. 3 Zverev making his debut aged 20.

Sock was the last player to qualify for this year’s edition, having won the Paris Masters.

Nadal – who was a doubt to play due to a knee injury that saw him withdraw from Paris-Bercy – is yet to win the tournament, while Federer is chasing his seventh title.

Sock made a late dash to join Federer (Picture: Reuters)

Zverev will compete for the first time in London (Picture: REUTERS)

The 36-year-old Swiss, is without a win at the event since 2011, with Novak Djokovic winning four ATP Finals on the spin, before Andy Murray was victorious last year – both are absence from this year’s edition.

Both will have to play every player in their group, with the top two stars advancing to the semi-finals, before competing in the final.