French Open 2021: Novak Djokovic beats Stefanos Tsitsipas to win 19th Grand Slam title
Tennis | June 13, 2021 23:21 ISTNovak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets to win the 2021 French Open.
Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets to win the 2021 French Open.
However, history says that Nadal slayers at the Roland Garros have never won the French Open title.
Djokovic will be trying to win 19th Grand Slam title in his 29th appearance in a major final. The 22-year-old Tsitsipas will be appearing in his first Grand Slam final.
Djokovic has won five of their previous seven encounters, although Tsitsipas did push him to five sets before losing in the semifinals of the 2020 French Open.
As the match extended into late evening and night, Nadal's topspin shots that were bouncing high off the clay court began bouncing lower as conditions got cooler making it easier for Djokovic.
Driven by utter belief and determination, Djokovic took down the Master in an epic four-setter semifinal battle, handing Nadal his third defeat in French Open.
Djokovic defied history, winning the next three sets to set up title clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the final.
Djokovic, as it happens, is one of only two men in tennis history who knows what it takes to beat Nadal at Roland Garros. And now Djokovic has done it twice — this time ending Nadal’s bid for a 14th championship there
The quarter-final tie was delayed for about 22 minutes while thousands of spectators were cleared out of the stadium court because of an 11 PM coronavirus curfew.
If Gauff wins, she will be the youngest American woman to reach the final four in Paris since Jennifer Capriati was 14 in 1990.
The result officially goes into the books as a retirement by Lorenzo Musetti, a talented 19-year-old from Italy making his Grand Slam debut.
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Jannik Sinner will take on Rafael Nadal while Lorenzo Musetti awaits Novak Djokovic as the duo becomes first Italian to reach French Open fourth round since 2006.
The 39-year-old former World No. 1's last Grand Slam title came at the Australian Open in 2018. He has since battled injuries, undergoing two knee surgeries, which laid him low for almost all of 2020.
Djokovic will next meet 19-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti, who survived a five-setter against compatriot and 2018 semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato.
Roger Federer will face Marin Cilic in 2nd Round, followed by tournament favaourite Nadal against Richard Gasquet; World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will take on Pablo Cuevas.
The No. 1-ranked Djokovic opened his quest for a 19th Grand Slam title and second in Paris by defeating Tennys Sandgren of the United States 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in just under two hours on Tuesday night.
Djokovic competed at three Olympic Games and won a bronze medal in singles back in 2008 in Beijing.
Top-ranked Djokovic struggled on serve in the first set as he was broken three times by his Slovakian opponent.
The inevitable question remains - can Nadal beat the odds, once again, to lift an unprecedented 14th on la terre battue?
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