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Novak Djokovic adds to what only he and Robin Soderling have succeeded in the past, and won the great Rafael Nadal in Roland Garros to end the Spaniard’s hopes for the 14th title success in Paris and the all-time record-breaking 21st Grand Slam; The Serb will aim to win the 19th Slam title on Sunday
Written by Raz Mirza
Last Updated: 6/21/21 11:40 PM
Novak Djokovic became set to defeat Rafael Nadal in an enchanting four-hour, 11-minute epic to reach Sunday’s French Open final
World number one Novak Djokovic only caused a third defeat at Rafael Nadal’s French Open supervision to reach his sixth final with Roland Garros on the night of sports drama.
Djokovic, who also defeated Nadal in the semi-finals in 2015, summed up a significant 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 win against a 13-time champion in the face of a football-style atmosphere. Judge Philippe Chatrier.
Nadal had won all of his previous 13 semi-finals, but in the 58th match with a pair that was parallel to almost all previous ones, Djokovic found the answers to the sport’s biggest challenge of winning an extra match.
Djokovic will take on Sunday in the final Stefanos Tsitsipas – the winner of the five-round race with Alexander Zverev earlier on Friday – when he can rise to the top of the Spanish and Roger Federer at the top of the all-time men’s Grand Slam table and also become the trio’s first to win each tournament at least twice.
Nadal got long applause as he left the field, leaving Djokovic to try to sum up what had just happened.
“First of all, I want to say that I also had the privilege of being on the field with Rafa in this amazing match,” he said. “It’s definitely the best match I’ve played here in Paris. It’s also the match with the best atmosphere, atmosphere and energy.”
There is no doubt about Djokovic
There is a major machine …
Rafa will take you– Search) June 11, 2021
It is a pleasure to watch this match. Unreal effort / implementation from Novak. He was the better player of the day. What a match
– andyroddick (@andyroddick) June 11, 2021
Nadal won the first five games of the match while watching, of course, repeat his Serb drilling last October for losing seven games.
But Djokovic grabbed the momentum, winning the second set and then progressing to an absolutely incredible 97 minutes in the third set, without a doubt the biggest tie-break of all time, recording a set point.
A crowd of about 5,000 people reached the crescendo late in the third series when the Paris Covid-19 curfew appeared.
The biggest joy of the night came with the announcement that fans who were expected to leave at 11pm Paris time were actually allowed to stay, meaning the live audience could still be attracted to the great competition.
However, 35-year-old Nadal, who had won 105 of his previous 107 matches with Paris clay, was not given a postponement because his seemingly inexhaustible determination eventually broke.
Djokovic looked fresh despite almost four hours of advancing on the world’s largest clay press of all time as he ruthlessly closed the victory.
After a broken 4-2 lead, the end came quickly when he caused his first loss to the big Spaniard in Roland Garros in six years.
The level is crazy tho
– victoria Azarenka (@ vika7) June 11, 2021
Djokovic vs Nadal: Match statistics
| Djokovic | Match statistics | Nadal |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Aces | 6 |
| 3 | Double faults | 8 |
| 65% | Percentage of profit from the 1st dose | 59% |
| 50% | 2. Service profit percentage | 40% |
| 8/22 | Folding points won | 6/16 |
| 50 | Total winners | 48 |
| 37 | Non-compelling errors | 55 |
| 142 | Total points won | 124 |
THIS MATCH IS CRAZY !!!
– Rennae Stubbs OLY (@rennaestubbs) June 11, 2021
Nadal came straight into the press room and said, “It probably wasn’t my best day there. Even if I fought, I put a lot of effort, the location of the shots hasn’t been so effective tonight. Against a player He takes the ball early, you can’t take him out of his positions, so it is very difficult.
“Even this way I had a great chance at setpoint, 6-5, another service. Anything can happen at that time. Then I make a double mistake, an easy volley tie-break. But it’s true that there have been crazy points out there. Fatigue is also .
“Such mistakes can happen. But if you want to win, you can’t make those mistakes. So it is. Well done to him. There has been a good fight there. I tried my best, and today was not my day.”
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