The French Open || Djokovic Face Nadal in Final
Novak Djokvovic had to survive a critical phase right from the start and fend off four breakballs, but he managed the service game and then took his opponent's service away with a strong forehand winner. Tsitsipas was not deterred, kept up well in the further course and designed the match openly. The passage nevertheless went to the world number one.
Even in set two it was actually a completely even game, but then Tsitsipas threw himself a little off course. When the score was 2: 2, the 22-year-old was already leading 40: 0, but then came under pressure against defensive artist Djokovic and suddenly found himself faced with the task of having to fend off a breakball - he threw the felt ball far out of bounds. It was only the Serbian’s second break ball that showed a hundred percent quota on this point. For comparison: Tsitsipas had already been unable to use seven breakballs at this point.
The momentum in this phase was entirely with Djoker, also because the Greek was getting more and more angry - and his next service game was back after a 40-0 lead. Ultimately, Djokovic got the bottom line surprisingly easily.
With 6: 3, 6: 2 it went into the third round. And this was again a brief story. Up to 4: 4, both players played their service games - sometimes more, sometimes less confidently. Tsitsipas got his nerve again, made a gross mistake at 40:40 - and shortly afterwards received the break. The Djoker now served to win the match and wavered. He fended off two break balls in this one, did not use a match point, was broken and then even gave the set 5: 7.
Djokovic was completely off track in set four, lost a total of six games (!) In a row and ran after a 2-0 draw. With a magic ball (backhand, smash ball, drop, shot slice exactly on the line), however, Nole reported back and ended the Greek's run with a break. The game was now really exciting, offered at times top tennis, but also unusual wobbles of the world number one, who received the receipt: At 4: 5 he was 40:15 ahead on his own serve - and received the break to lose a set.
Novak Djokovic made it to the last of the French Open after a spine chiller against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Presently the most elevated obstacle is pausing.
World number one Djokovic considers it to be "the best test in sport" to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open. "Isn't unreasonably self-evident? I don't think some other player has won any competition as regularly as he has here," said Djokovic subsequent to moving into the last on Sunday (3pm) against the 34-year-old Spaniard.
The one year more youthful Serb Djokovic needed to buckle down on Friday night . He crushed the solid playing Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece/No. 5) 6: 3, 6: 2, 5: 7, 4: 6, 6: 1 and now considers himself to be a pariah against Nadal, who won his thirteenth title in Roland Garros strives for. The record champion arrived at the last with a 6: 3, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 0) win against Diego Schwartzman (Argentina/No. 12).
Djokovic trusts that the cooler conditions in pre-winter will give him more prominent possibilities against Nadal than at the standard competition date in late-spring. "Be that as it may, notwithstanding the conditions, he actually is," said Djokovic: "He's Rafa, we're playing in the last on clay."
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