Djokovic and Nadal may play Roland Garros 2022 last match (preview) – Sportnet.sk

PARIS, BRATISLAVA. It’s a duel of titans. And in this case, even premature finals. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will meet in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. It will be their 59th mutual match. It is the biggest rivalry in the history of men’s tennis. Nik didn’t play more matches against each other than they did. Djokovic has a top score of 30: 28. Well, their rivalry at Roland Garros is always a bit more special. He even has a statue there. At the time when he is an active player. If someone converts thirteen of the seventeen participations in a career in a tournament, he deserves it, although he is still at the age when he can add more titles. On the other hand, Novak Djokovic will stand. The only active tennis player who ever beat him in Paris. “It’s the biggest challenge you can experience at Roland Garros. But I’m ready for it,” Djokovic said before the match. Of the four participations when Nadal didn’t win Roland Garros, he had to resign once (2016) Robin Söderling (2009), a Swede (2009) and twice twice enough for Djokovic (2015 and 2021). as ever before. On the one hand, there is Rafael Nadal, who at the beginning of the season won the Australian Open in a very unexpected way – clearly Djokovic’s most successful grand slam. The Serb won it nine times. He could not compete this year, he is not vaccinated. Nadal had a great start to the season. But then he lost in the Indian Wells final to Taylor Fritz in March. As many times before, he was knocked out by a chronically injured foot. He hasn’t played much since then. He lost in Madrid in the quarterfinals with Carlos Alcaraz and in Rome in the third round with Denis Shapovalov, “I haven’t played this type of match in at least three months. It will be a huge challenge for me,”