Novak Djokovic set up a 58th meeting with Rafael Nadal on Wednesday when he reached his 40th Grand Slam semi-final at the French Open despi...
Novak Djokovic set up a 58th meeting with Rafael Nadal on Wednesday when he reached his 40th Grand Slam semi-final at the French Open despite being held up by 5,000 fans needing to be evacuated to conform with a Covid-19 curfew.
#Djokovic vs. #Nadal – By the Numbers
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- Djokovic 29-28 Overall(78-74 sets)
- Nadal 19-7 on Clay Courts (won last 5)
- Nadal 10-6 in #GrandSlam events (7-1 @rolandgarros)
This will be their 1st SF meeting since 2018 @Wimbledon (Djokovic won in 5 sets).
The blockbuster semi-final is confirmed with top seed Djokovic takes on third seed Nadal after four-set wins for both players in the quarter-finals. Nadal and Djokovic were drawn in the same half as the second seed went to world No 2 Daniil Medvedev.
The match will be a repeat of the 2020 final that Nadal stunningly won 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to lift his 20th Major. The head-to-head, overall, is currently in favour of Djokovic at 29-28.
French Open: Nadal storms into 14th semi-final after Schwartzman snaps his straight-sets streak
World number one Djokovic defeated Italy’s Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 to book his place in the last four in Paris for the 11th time.
Earlier, Nadal, the 13-time champion, beat Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0...
