An extraordinary Nadal drove Djokovic from his kingdom

A rib injury requiring a six -week cessation of recovery, postponed preparation and the start of the clay court in Montecarlo and the Godó. The malformed and broken scaphoid of the left foot that rebelled Madrid and Rome with pain condemning the lame. The evening session despite the fact that he doesn’t like to play at such times of the night and, according to his own analysis, simplifies his arsenal of shots with balls that bounce hard and are full of demonic effects.

He even remembered that this might be his last fight Roland Garrosa request as well as a message to an organization to attend television rights.

“I can only promise that I will fight until the end,” Rafa Nadal launched cautiously. The man of the impossible, the athlete who breeds in the face of obstacles. The higher, the more motivated and goal oriented.

Yes, he resisted every point with concentration and intensity not discussed in his basic ordinances. And he also taught that quality that he emphasizes in important appointments. He clarified the unknown by allowing his tennis to speak.

The king of Roland Garros is Rafa Nadal. Its thirteen titles say so, the 110 wins in 113 games. And in case there is any doubt about the performance he can offer due to his lack of preparation, he is leading a great classic for game and suspense.

Nadal snatched the crown Novak Djokovic, his executioner in the semifinals of 2021 and that he came into the new battle with a balance of nine consecutive battles won, twenty -two sets. He won five sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 and 7-6 (4) at 4h.11 ‘. Mad at 1:15 in the morning.

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Expelled from his kingdom as one, on the day of his 36th birthday, Friday June 3Nadal will play one of the semifinals against the German Alexander Zverev, executioner of Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6 (7).

Raffa, Raffa, Raffa. The central public soon sided with the Balearic Islands, inspired by the recital in an initial set of awards. An electric atmosphere with over 14,800 noisy fans. At night the noise is amplified, the people brave in the cold and humidity of Paris warm up by shouting and cheering. With a brass band that enlivens the wait with music

The most recurring classic in the history of men’s professional tennis raises special passions because Rafael Nadal35 years old and world number 5, and Novak Djokovic, 35 and number 1, represents a superior category of tennis and sport. Twenty -one Grand Slam one, twenty -one. More than 1,000 battles were won one and the other. Both in their eighteenth participation at Roland Garros competing with the illusion of the former but with more tennis and experience.

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At 6-2 and 3-0 Nadal, after a 7-0 run, a more aggressive and accurate Djokovic emerged. With so much quality on both sides of the network, it’s hard not to have those coming and going. In addition, the scoreboard hid the trap that each game was a small war, with some lasting 25 minutes. That was the case of the ‘break’ in favor of Nadal (1-0) and the return of ‘Nole’ for 3-1, which turned the situation around (3-4).

Deep game, changing directions and height of the ball. Deployment of tactics and techniques. A tennis monument. two titans. Djokovic balanced the force by coming back from the second set for 6-4 in an hour and 24 minutes. Quite a self -encounter.

Nadal lost track, he recovered immediately. A despite Djokovic, the Spanish piece for 4-1 and third set 6-2.

Instantly changing dynamics, 2-0 Djokovic in the fourth set. Until 5-4 Nadal roared not giving up. He returned two set balls to make the ‘break’, tighten the rope. The stands insisted “Rafa, Rafa, Rafa”. Booing the Serbian for hitting the racket into the net after a mistake.

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It’s past one o’clock in the morning, the 59th chapter will decide, with battles to be best in the background story. A new show of two fireproof phenomena from their own idiosyncrasies, on track and out of it. Tie-breaker.

I pass the king, the enormous Rafa Nadal. He crushed his opponent to beat him for the eighth time in this tournament, from ten fights. On clay, 20-8 and in the Grand Slam, 11-7 The aggregate, de ‘Nole of 30-29.

Nadal, Nadal, Nadal. Roland Garros, delivered on a new victory the last winner of the Australian Open, in which he also turned in a critical situation.