French Open 2022 LIVE – Nadal VS Djokovic LIVE: French Open 2022 LIVE: King of CLAY Rafael Nadal defeats Novak Djokovic in four sets. Nadal 59th battle between the two legends of the game by 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 Nadal will now play Alexander Zverev in SEMIFINALS. Check Nadal beat Djokovic HIGHLIGHTS & Follow French Open 2022 LIVE
Djokovic saved three match points in the fourth-set breaker before Nadal wrapped up a heroic win in four hours and 12 minutes.
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Nadal beat Djokovic HIGHLIGHTS: The pair, who have 41 Grand Slam titles between them, continued their rivalry with a record 59th meeting.
Fifth-seeded Nadal took the opening set 6-2 in 49 minutes.
He break the Djokovic serve twice and saving the two break points he faced. The Spaniard hit 12 winners against just six unforced errors throughout the first instalment.
Djokovic claimed a marathon second set that lasted an hour and a half, levelling the contest for 2-6, 6-4.
Nadal wrestled back the moment though, carving a 5-1 advantage in the third, and was soon leading 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
The 4th set was set a real HEART-STOPPER. Nadal finally trumped in tie-breaker to wrap the match.
In the fourth set, Nadal trailed Djokovic 2-5 but clawed his way back to force a tiebreak.
The Spaniard led 6-1 in the breaker before Djokovic saved three match points.
But the world No.1 succumbed on the fourth as an emotional Nadal celebrated his 29th win over Djokovic from 59 meetings.
Nadal will now play Alexander Zverev in Semifinals.
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- Nadal is chasing elusive 14th French Open title
- Nadal vs Djokovic OVERALL: It was 59th meeting between the pair. Djokovic lead the ICONIC Head to Head battle 30-29.
- Nadal vs Djokovic on CLAY: Nadal is 20-8 against the Serb on clay.
- Nadal vs Djokovic in French Open: 8-2 in favor of Spaniard. But Djokovic is the only player to have beaten Nadal at the French Open twice
- Tuesday also witnessed the first time two men with 20 or more Grand Slams won by each squared off in a match.
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Nadal vs Zverev in Semis: World No.3 Alexander Zverev is through to the Roland-Garros semi-finals for the second straight year.
Zverev carved out a 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(7) victory over Spanish teen phenom Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday.
Zverev avenged his recent Madrid final defeat to Alcaraz and will next face another Spaniard in the form of 13-time champion Nadal.
Zverev saved a set point in the fourth-set tiebreak before completing a three-hour 18-minute success over the 18-year-old – his third over Alcaraz in four meetings.
“I told him at the tournament he’s going to win this tournament, many times, not only once. I hope I can win it before he starts beating us all,” Zverev told Alex Corretja in the on-court interview.
It was Zverev’s first top-10 victory at a Grand Slam.
French Open 2022 live in India?
The Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic French Open 2022 quarter-final match will be telecast live on the Sony SIX, Sony TEN 2 (English) and Sony TEN 4 (Tamil and Telugu) TV channels in India.
The Roland Garros will also be broadcast in Hindi on Sony TEN.
Live streaming of the French Open will be available on the subscription-based SonyLIV app and website.
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