Roland Garros 2021 || Novak Djokovic Dethrones Nadal In Paris And Takes Over The Land
Novak Djokovic qualified for his twenty-ninth 'Grand Slam' final and sixth on the ground at Roland Garros. The Serbian was euphoric.
Match. "He has been the best I have played at Roland Garros and is in the 'top3' of those I have played in my entire career. You have to bear in mind that my biggest rival was in front and the place is the track where he has dominated the last 15 years".
The eviction stopped. "I am very happy that people have stayed in the stands until the end. For everything that has happened it is the kind of game that I will remember all my life."
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5-0 inning against. "I didn't get nervous because I felt like I was hitting the ball well. It was a matter of time to counteract Rafa's bounce, which is different from the rest of the tennis players."
Physical state "Right now I'm tired, but I have a day and a half to rest. I don't have much time, but I will try to enjoy the victory. I deserve some time to relax without thinking that Tsitsipas awaits me on Sunday. It will not be the first Once he plays an epic 'Grand Sam' semifinal and after 48 hours I'm back on track. My recovery routines have always worked for me. "
Nadal's success in Paris. "It is difficult to find adjectives that describe what Nadal has achieved at Roland Garros during all these years. He has only lost three games with two players. That says it all. Every time you play with him you know that you have to climb Everest to beat him".
Robin Söderling had defeated him in the round of 16 in 2009 and Novak Djokovic in the quarter of 2015. The Serbian giant would repeat with a display of physical and tennis power that will be chronicled and will remain in the annals of the racket sport.
The world number one closed a favorable score of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) and 6-2, in four hours and 11 minutes. It will then be Nole who will play the final on Sunday with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev's executioner.
The semi-final had started almost in the evening session for the more than three hours it took Stefanos Tsitsipas to knock down Alexander Zverev.
The two were faithful to the script established by their technicians in the changing rooms. The final was reminiscent of last October 11. It is true that this time Nole had made two break options in the first game, but he did not transform them because of two direct serves from the king of the earth, one of them at 202 kilometers per hour, a record number of the tennis player in the present season.
In the second game, the world number one went from dominating 40-15 to delivering his serve after giving away three shots from several meters from the net. He was abusing the left-overs again and Nadal had enough legs to reach all of them.
Djokovic was desperate because, once again, he saw no hole to attack. Rafa was in steamroller mode. Everything was headed for another donut for history. It would have been the fourth in this edition of the tournament after those joined by Richard Gasquet, Jannik Sinner and Diego Schwartzman.
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The Belgrade tennis player breathed a sigh of relief after releasing his locker in time to avoid the painful 6-0. The 13-time Bois de Boulogne musketeer was capable of inventing impossible shots to the shouts of admiration from the stands.
The 5,000 people present at the plant sounded like 20,000 after so many months of silence with empty chairs due to the pandemic.
Djokovic would save the first four set balls with an accurate shot, a pass, a balloon that would go long and a right to the net. But he could not with the fifth. His opponent raised the effectiveness with the first serve.
The feeling is that the game had been equalized. The Belgrade tennis player would go ahead 2-0 in the continuation. Now the cries of "Idemo" (Let's go in Serbian) were heard. It did not matter because Rafa would break up immediately after.
Djokovic would go 5-2 up after lifting three break balls. Everything was even 1 hour and 53 minutes later.
The dynamics of the semi-final was a little more on the side of the Belgrade tennis player and Rafa went to the locker room for a long time to change the rhythm. The pace was being so high that the two contenders called for a truce.
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Nole looked to break the match in the third game of the third set. He had two break balls, but the manacorà saved them. He knew it was the turning point. Three other options for the same player would come in the fifth round. The third time was the charm for him.
The champion of 20 majors was resorting too much to the left because he did not see hole, but his fighting spirit is always there, never lacking. That's why he returned to the scene and tied at three and then tied at five. Of course, it had the battery low minimum.
The chair umpire whistled Djokovic for a warning for delaying the staging of the ball. He had escaped a 5-3 and then a 5-4 and serve. The tension was palpable in the environment. The Serbian went 30-40 to once again take the lead. And then an advantage. For the video library, the point that he left at the gates of the 'break' with a masterful balloon that he launched on the line.
Nole saved a third-set point with a masterful drop. The outcome was to die in sudden death as the time to vacate the facility for curfew approached. The greatest show in the world was on its way to ending without an audience. However, there was a concession at the last minute from the local government. People responded with shouts of "Thank you Macron."
The 'tie break' began with a double fault from the Spanish. Nadal missed a volley half a meter from the net that gave his fearsome opponent 5-3. Djokovic would end up deciding the third set in his favor.
Rafa was physically and mentally touched. I would start the room with a break, but I would lose that income in a flash. From the bench of the defender of the crown they demanded that he continue eating to have energy for what was left. The tennis player answered that he could no longer eat. Nole was the strongest.
In the afternoon, when Rafael Nadal entered the court cheered by the public, the shadow already covered the center court of Roland Garros . The thermometer read 26 ° and little clouds as if drawn by a child were stitching the blue sky of Paris . The speaker read the record of the Majorcan's titles in crescendo and the applause drowned out his voice. Djokovic's record is equally impressive but elicited less applause.
At 23:21 , after four hours and 11 minutes of a formidable fight, an immense, unanimous and affectionate ovation dismissed the Mallorcan, defeated by an excellent Djokovic. Interviewed at the foot of the track, the Serbian confessed how "difficult and special" it is to win over Nadal here and how, despite his slogan of " No Pressure ", the truth is the opposite: "Pressure is a privilege ".
Then, in the press room, he elaborated on technical details about his service. He did not want to think about his opponent on Sunday, Tsitsipas, and that is the final of the French Open. "Just savor the victory." He deserves it.
NADAL: "ACCEPT VICTORY AND DEFEAT"
Rafa Nadal , dethroned (tonight) king of clay, said:
I am sad, but there is no need to dramatize. I feel good, I am not a person to celebrate when you win or great dramas when you lose. I am prepared to accept victory and defeat, although it is a very important tournament for me, I am aware that you cannot win 15 or 16 times. I will return with the enthusiasm and the necessary work
The game will go down in history, in addition to its quality and dispute, because the curfew that forces France to be home at 11 pm was repealed at the Roland Garros stadium.
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"MERCI, MACRON!"
There would have been a protest of such caliber that the authorities made an exception . The game was red hot, in favor of Djokovic (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)) after 3:35 of dispute. Then, the public address system announced that " according to the authorities " the spectators did not have to leave the Philippe Chatrier.
After an explosion of jubilation , spontaneously, some spectators sang 'La Marseillaise', the national anthem of France, and also “Merci, Macron!” Was chanted, in reference to the President of the Republic.
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