The King of Roland-Garros does not intend to abdicate properly yet.
Rafa Nadal won the giant’s meeting with Novak Djokovic – after a foolish nightmare that lasted for more than four hours.
– It feels great, he says after the show of strength.
It was a quarter-final match “only” this time, but it undoubtedly felt like a final when two of the true tennis giants once again faced each other in a major tournament.
Before this year’s French Open, there was talk of the 13-time champion Rafael Nadal The climax may be over. Novak Djokovic The favorite was named as 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz – also from Spain – as the other big contender.
what happened?
Nadal came out and explained where the locker should be.
I started jumping
“The Bull from Mallorca” started at a furious pace and officially won Djokovic who was completely without a chance in the first set, which Nadal won 6-2.
The trend also continued at the start of the second set as Nadal moved from the newspaper leading 3-0 to great cheers from the crowd.
But then, suddenly, Djokovic woke up.
The Serbian world maker responded by winning four games in a row, and somewhere it was clear that the public and television viewers would once again offer something extraordinary.
And that’s exactly what happened.
“magically”
World stars pushed each other to the limit, some lasting up to 20 minutes and the time was 01.16 before Rafael Nadal finally hit the match ball after winning numbers 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) .
It was a very difficult match, as usual, against Novak. He’s one of the best players ever, without a doubt, and given the history we have against each other, I know there’s only one way to beat him – to play at the top from point one to point one. Nadal says then, “I had a magical evening.
This was the 59th meeting between Nadal and Djokovic.
Nadal has won 31 of them so far.
He will next face world number three Alexander Zverev, 25, who ousted the aforementioned Carlos Alcaraz in a thrilling five-set match earlier on Tuesday in the semi-finals.
