34+ Nadal V Djokovic French Open Gif. Djokovic won the 2016 french open, but nadal took three straight titles after that.credit.clive brunskill/getty images europe. And then, suddenly, what had been a gallop became a grind.

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He is winning 13 french open most by any player in history of tennis. In paris, nadal will be seeking his 12th french open title, while djokovic will be seeking to hold all four major titles at once for the second time in his career. While nadal went into sunday's final as a warm favourite, nobody was expecting him to completely wipe the world no.1 off the court.

The spaniard just beat schwartzman and will face djokovic or tsitsipas on sunday.

Rafael nadal launched his pursuit of a record 10th french open title in convincing fashion, while defending champion novak djokovic eased to victory under the gaze of new coach andre agassi, afp reports. He is the best tennis player in the world at djokovic has lost to nadal six times at the french open, including each of the past three years. Rafael nadal reached the final at the french open for the 13th time following a straight sets victory over diego schwartzman. Spain's rafael nadal returns the ball to serbia's novak djokovic during their men's final match in the french open tennis tournament.