The Olympic Games have just begun, and a big spectacle is ready, perhaps the biggest in Paris - the 60th duel between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, in the greatest tennis rivalry of all time.
What an epic clash, already in the 1/16 finals of the Olympic Games, the second overall at the Olympics (Nadal celebrated in the semi-finals in Beijing 2008), and is it the last? It is very possible...
The ratio of victories - 30:29 for Đoković - speaks of the nuances of the two greats of the tennis game. On Monday, after the new duel, it will be 31:29 or 30:30! And so, quite possibly, it will remain recorded forever...
After Đoković played with Australian "recreationist" Ebden yesterday (played his first singles match after two years), Nadal had a much more difficult job with Hungarian Marton Fučović, the 83rd tennis player on the ATP list.
Rafa struggled after winning the first set quickly (6:1), he lost the second (6:4), it was uncertain at the beginning of the third, and then the Spaniard showed that "Filip Shatrije" is his home, the battered court, the place where He lifted the Roland Garros trophy 14 times.
He saved three tied break points, and then broke in the next game, took a 3:2 lead and saved it until the end.
Djokovic - Nadal, tomorrow around 14 pm, a spectacle under the Parisian Olympic sky.
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