In less than two and a half hours Nadal was saying goodbye to his chances at this year French Open as the record breaking Serbian made his astonishing 7-5, 6-3, 6-1 win over the Spaniard on Court Philippe Chatrier this Wednesday making his way into Semi-finals territory the Serbian had not been able to beat Nadal in his last six attempts in the French clay-courts, Nadal has been
regarded as one of the best tennis players on clay, nine time winner of the parisian award and favorite to move into semi-finals, this was only a second defeat from his 71 matches won.
Nadal had five chances in the match to break the world number one and only took three of them, Djokovic wasted no time and won 102- 173 points and hit 45 clean winners over Nadal’s 13, with 23 coming off his awesome forehand, the first two sets were a back and forth, with the Spaniard saving seven break-points from the relentless 18 from the Serb.
Djokovic is the outstanding favorite for the next match and will prove to be a completely different nemesis in the court for Murray with a bit of a disadvantage from the high temperatures from the heatwave that will hit on Friday, which is expected to act as a handicap against the world number one who has occasionally struggled in high temperatures, the Serb has beaten Murray on seven occasions since the Wimbledon Finals two years ago.
Every beginning must come to an end, in the past we have witnessed a Roger Federer dominance in the sport, then came Rafael Nadal a new sprout and Federer new rival, then the Roger vs. Novak era came and went, Rafa became the Serb new rival, and perhaps now it will be Andy Murray’s time to break the dragon era, becoming Djokovic new rival both in Grand Slam titles as in number one ranking, will the scotsman be ready for the nine times winner of the Grand Slam or will the favorite to win on Friday and the French title will deliver an onslaught worthy of the world’s number one tennis player.
