Rafael Nadal Defeated Novak Djokovic In French Open 2022
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in French Open 2022. Claycourt king Rafael Nadal kicks Novak Djokovic out of French Open.
Spain’s tennis star Rafael Nadal, who is considered the king of claycourt, has shown his mettle.
After defeating his arch-rival Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the quarterfinals of the French Open 2022, he showed his way out and secured a place in the semi-finals.
Nadal won the match 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(4) in the early hours of Wednesday to advance to his record 22nd Grand Slam title.
Nadal was seen dominating Djokovic from the first set here. He won the first set with a huge margin of 6-2. After that Djokovic came back as usual and won the second set 4-6.
The match was a thorn in the side and Nadal again showed his flair in the next set and won it 6-2 from the back.
The Serbian star is known to make a comeback and he did all he can to win the fourth set but Nadal dashed his hopes with a 7-6 win in the tie-breaker.
Spain’s tennis star Nadal is called the King of Claycourt or Red Gravel. No player has performed better than this player in the French Open.
He has won the French Open 13 times. The last time when there was a collision between the two, Djokovic had beaten and won the title. Nadal took revenge for the previous defeat here.
French Open 2022: Daniil Medvedev out of French Open over Marin Cilic.
World number two Daniil Medvedev of Russia crashed out of the second Grand Slam French Open tennis tournament of the year after losing to Croatia’s Marin Cilic in a fourth-round match.
20th seed Cilic defeated Medvedev 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in a match that lasted one hour and 45 minutes.
In this way, Cilic managed to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open after a gap of four years. Cilic will next face seventh seed Andre Rublev in the next round.
Cilic played aggressively against Medvedev from the very beginning. Medvedev had earlier defeated Cilic in the last three matches, but this time the Croatian player was overshadowed by the Russian player.
Interestingly, Cilic did not face a single break point during the match. After a 2-2 draw in the first set, Cilic won four games in a row to win the opening set in just 31 minutes.
Australian Open runner-up and 2021 US Open winner Medvedev committed a double fault in the second set.
After this, Cilic continued to put pressure on the Russian player, causing Medvedev to commit another double fault.
While Medvedev continued to make mistakes, Cilic continued to dominate the second set with his brilliant game.
Medvedev continued to make mistakes in the third set as well, and his double faults and blunders helped Cilic take a 4-0 lead in the third set. Cilic then won the match by taking the second match point.
