French Open: Rafael Nadal units up 59th match with Djokovic

Rafael Nadal bought by way of a severe check within the French Open’s fourth spherical by edging Felix Auger-Aliassime 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to arrange a file 59th matchup towards rival Novak Djokovic.

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Sunday’s thriller in Court Philippe Chatrier was solely the third five-setter Nadal ever has performed at Roland Garros, the place he has received 13 of his file 21 Grand Slam titles.

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Nadal is 3-0 in these contests that go the gap, a part of his general 109-3 mark on the clay-court event.

Two of these three profession defeats in Paris got here towards Djokovic, proprietor of 20 main titles and two on the French Open. Last yr, Djokovic beat Nadal within the semifinals en path to the trophy.

Djokovic leads their general collection 30-28. No different two males have performed one another as many instances within the skilled period of tennis.

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Earlier, defending champion Novak Djokovic reached his file sixteenth profession Roland Garros quarterfinal.

The No. 1-ranked Djokovic shortly recovered from solely the slightest of blips at the beginning of the second set Sunday and went on to a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Fifteenth-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina at Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Djokovic has received all 12 units he’s performed to date on this yr’s event and dropped a complete of merely 30 video games throughout the 4 matches.

He fell behind 3-0 within the second set however grabbed seven video games in a row to take that set and a 1-0 lead within the third.

Djokovic has made the quarterfinals in Paris 13 years in a row. He received the title in 2016 and final yr, a part of his assortment of 20 Grand Slam trophies. Only one man has received extra — Nadal, with 21.