Novak Djokovic (1st place, Serbia) and Rafael Nadal (5th place, Spain) clash in the men’s singles quarterfinals at the French Open tennis tournament (total prize money 43.6 million euros, about 58.6 billion won).
Djokovic defeated Diego Schwartzmann (16th, Argentina) 3-0 (6-1 6-3 6-3) in the men’s singles round of 16 match on the 8th day of the tournament at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on the 29th (local time). was completed with
Djokovic, who won this competition last year, was dragged 0-3 in the early part of the second set, the only crisis of the day.
However, Djokovic later won six games in a row and won two sets to solidify his victory.
Nadal defeated Felix Ozealiasim (9th, Canada) 3-2 (3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3) after 4 hours and 21 minutes.
Ozealiasim, who Nadal defeated on that day, has been coached by Tony Nadal, Nadal’s uncle and former coach since last year.
Tony Nadal served as Nadal’s coach until 2017.
In this match, Tony Nadal did not sit in Ozealiasim’s player’s box due to this difficult situation.
With Djokovic and Nadal winning side by side, the two faced each other in the quarterfinals.
The record between Djokovic and Nadal is 30–28, with Djokovic slightly ahead.
The most recent match was last year’s quarterfinals, and Djokovic was 3-1 (3-6 6-3 7-6). 6-2) won.
They have met nine times at the French Open alone, and Nadal has the lead with 7 wins and 2 losses.
Nadal’s French Open record is 109-3, but he lost two of the three losses to Djokovic.
If Nadal, who holds the record for most men’s singles wins (21 times) in a major event, defeats Djokovic, it will be an opportunity to widen the gap with Djokovic and Roger Federer (47th, Switzerland), who hold the second place record (20) in this division.
Conversely, if Djokovic wins, Nadal and Nadal could be tied for first place in the 21st championship.
“We know each other very well,” Nadal said after the game. “I will focus on the game and do my best until the end.”
Djokovic, who reached the quarterfinals first, was undecided on his next opponent to be Nadal or Ozealiasim during the interview. .
The winner of the match between Djokovic and Nadal meets the winner of the match between Alexander Zverev (3rd place, Germany) and Carlos Alkaras (6th place, Spain) in the semifinals.
Zverev and Alkaras have a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, leading Zverev, but the result of the clay court game they faced this year was a 2-0 (6-3 6-1) victory for Alkaras.
In the women’s singles quarterfinals, Koko Goff (23rd) and Sloane Stevens (64th) faced off against an American player.
Gough and Stevens are both players who are expected to become ‘the Williams sisters’ successors’.
Goff, born in 2004, reached the quarterfinals of the French Open for two consecutive years following last year, and Stevens, born in 1993, is a player who achieved results such as winning the US Open in 2017 and runner-up in the French Open in 2018.
They met once in the second round of the US Open last year, and Stevens won 2-0 (6-4 6-2).
The winner of the two matches will play in the semifinals with the winner of the match between Leyla Fernandes (18th, Canada) and Martina Trevisan (59th, Italy).
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