100 percent quota in Paris! Nadal dismantles Djokovic

The superlative final met all expectations in terms of quality from the first rally onwards - of course not in terms of the result in the end. What the two protagonists performed in the first half hour was clay court spectacle par excellence. The first game lasted 6 minutes, then Nadal immediately took the first serve from his opponent. After 41 minutes it was 5-0 for Nadal - even though Djokovic didn't play badly. But the left-hander's performance from Mallorca was described as “phenomenal” as an understatement. Roland Garros 2020 will go down in history – and not just because of the corona crisis. © APA/afp / THOMAS SAMSON

Before the summit, Djokovic called beating Nadal at the French Open the “biggest challenge in sport”. His record in Paris is truly frightening: Nadal has won the French Open 13 times and won 100 matches (out of 102) here. Djokovic fights, but can't get close Even after winning the first set, Nadal just kept going and made Djokovic look almost pitiful at times. Round 1 lasted 48 minutes, round 1 took 47 minutes – and the score was 2:6, 0:6. Nadal disappeared into the locker room for a brief moment, but this didn't harm his concentration. Novak Djokovic didn't play a bad game, but was clearly inferior. © APA/afp / THOMAS SAMSON

Nadal had flown through the previous tournament without losing a set, Djokovic dropped a set in the quarterfinals and had to go the full distance in the semifinals against the Greek Stefanos Tsitispas. However, his annual record before Paris was just as impressive as his opponent's French Open statistics. Djokovic had won every match he had played to date in this season, which was long interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This time there was no match against Nadal. Djokovic kept the set open until 5:5, but then a double fault gave Nadal the break to 6:5. Against Nadal that day, Djokovic's late improvement in performance was no longer enough. After 2.43 hours, the Spaniard defeated his competitor from Serbia and drew level with Roger Federer for his 20th Grand Slam title.

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100 percent quota in Paris! Nadal dismantles Djokovic

Rafael Nadal played 13 finals at the French Open and the Spaniard was invincible 13 times. Sunday's Roland Garros final was a show of strength from Nadal, who defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in just three sets.

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