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History: six years later, Rafa Nadal loses at Roland Garros

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Monsters! Novak Djokovic did what many thought was impossible and beat Raf Nadal in his clay fortress, Roland Garros: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 and 6-2, four hours and 11 minutes, one of the best tennis matches in the world. saw.

To understand the magnitude of Djokovic’s accomplishments, it is best to resort to numbers. Rafa Nadal has not lost a game at Roland Garros since 2015, six years ago. In this issue, the Majorcan lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

Nadal also did not win the tournament in 2016, but then had to withdraw due to injury against Marcel Granollers. The rest is … history, we insist. Rafa won the Grand Slam tournament later in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, now reaching the semi-finals. In the curriculum 13 Roland Garros, 13!

Djokovic even entered the game badly and lost in the first set 5: 0. He came to his senses, showed his competitive car, almost perfect in every frame. Rafa Finishes Game With 48 winnersNovak from 50. Brutality.

The Serb summed up Eurosport excellently right after the fight: “It is thanks to these games that we continue to play tennis. I had one of the three best performances of my career. “

Novak won the Roland Garros only in 2016, and now he has the opportunity to add 2021 to his personal museum. In the final he will have to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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