The legendary tennis players held their 60th face-to-face match
Novak Djokovic And Rafael Nadal held a second round match Olympic Games 2024 In Paris, the Serb celebrated a victory in two sets.
The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. In the first set, the spectators on the Philippe Chatrier court saw Novak dominate completely – thanks to two breaks, he won 6:1 in the end.
The second set also began under Djokovic’s dictation – with two breaks he was leading 4:0. But then something incredible happened – Rafa occasionally resembled his prime version and won four games in a row. And yet Novak again turned the tide of the match – in the ninth game of the second set, he finally converted a break point on the fourth attempt, after which he confidently served for the match on his serve (and Djokovic put the final point in the match with an ace).
This was the 60th face-to-face match between the tennis players. Now Novak has 31 victories, Rafa has 29 victories. Nadal will continue to perform in Paris in doubles, playing together with Carlos Alcaraz, while Djokovic will play the winner of the pair Dominik Koepfer (Germany) – Matteo Arnaldi (Italy) in the third round of singles.
- Olympic Games 2024. Men. Singles. Second Round
Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 2) — Rafael Nadal (Spain, 161) — 2:0 (6:1, 6:4)
Source: Sportarena
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