Djokovic Roland Garros

Novak djokovic made roland garros debut in 2005 retiring in the second round against guillermo coria.

Djokovic roland garros. Since then their riveting and frequently ridiculous rivalry has amounted to 56 history defining bouts. Rafael nadal dominates novak djokovic to reign supreme at roland garros and draw level with roger federer. If novak djokovic was looking to test his physical and mental strength before heading into a final against rafael nadal at roland garros consider it done. Novak djokovic kept no secrets from rafael nadal as they started their roland garros final hitting four drop shots in the opening game to clearly state his strategy.

Remove nadal from the mix and djokovic owns a 67 8 record in southwest paris. The spaniard now has 13 french open titles and 20 grand slams in all the joint most. Fifteen years later the serb is one of three players with most paris matches in the open era. As much as djokovic has thrived at this stage of majors players with one handed backhands like tsitsipas and the extra pace they can generate have troubled him at roland garros.

Novak djokovic had a close call on friday evening against stefanos tsitsipas needing five sets to reach his fifth roland garros final. Roland garros 2006 was the arena for the first instalment of nadal v djokovic. While the drop shot did not put djokovic in a hole in their championship clash it prevented him from digging out of one. A triumph against rafael nadal in sunday s championship match would also give the serbian his 18th major trophy.

Djokovic is chasing a second roland garros title and 18th grand slam to become the first man in half a century to win all four majors twice. It s such a rare achievement that only don budge and. Now the serbian is on the verge of history three sets from becoming the first player in the open era to complete two career grand slams.