Nadal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2ĭjokovic admitted before this clash that facing Nadal at Roland Garros is "not like any other match". But still a super classic match and in a big scenario." Read Match ReportĢ021 Roland Garros SF, clay, Djokovic d. I'm still playing for nights like today," Nadal said. "Tonight just a quarter-final match, not the final. "It has been a very emotional night for me.
The defeat cost Djokovic a chance to equal Nadal's record of 21 Grand Slam titles and ensured that the Serbian would cede the top spot in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings following the tournament. Once Nadal levelled the set, he powered through the finish line, taking a 6/1 lead in the tie-break before closing it out on his fourth match point. While the set scores were not particularly close, each rally was fiercely contested, leading to several marathon games.ĭjokovic took the early initiative in the fourth and had two set points as he attempted to serve it out at 5-3, but could not send the match to a decider - which would have been their fourth deciding set at a Grand Slam. The Spaniard was at his imperial best outside of that stretch, bewildering his opponent with crushing groundstrokes. Nadal raced out to early leads in each of the first three sets, but Djokovic stole the second by winning six of the last seven games to battle back from a double break down at 0-3. The pair has never met before that stage at any event, other than in the round-robin stage at the Nitto ATP Finals. Meeting in the quarter-finals for just the sixth time overall, Nadal and Djokovic lit up the night session on Court Philippe Chatrier. looks back at all their meetings at the clay-court Grand Slam.Ģ022 Roland Garros QF, clay, Nadal d. Nadal now leads the Serbian 8-2 in their Roland Garros series. In the 2021 semi-finals, the Serbian eliminated the Spaniard in four gripping sets en route to his second Roland Garros title. But Djokovic is the only player who has defeated him twice on the Parisian clay.
Nadal has dominated the clay-court Grand Slam throughout his career, earning a jaw-dropping 13 titles entering 2022. They met for the third consecutive year at Roland Garros in 2022, when Nadal claimed victory in their 10th match at the Paris venue. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have battled more times in their ATP Head2Head rivalry than any players in history.
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