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KOMPAS.com – Rafael Nadal once again demonstrated that he is the King of clay. The individual male Spanish tennis player confirmed this by winning the 2020 French Open.
In the final match of the 2020 French Open, Rafael Nadal managed to beat Serbia’s world number one, Novak Djokovic.
Competing at Philippe Chatrier’s field, Roland Garros, Paris, France, on Sunday (11/10/2020), Rafael Nadal won 6-0, 6-2, 7-5.
Armed with this victory, Nadal also won the 20th Grand Slam title throughout his career and equaled the record of his eternal rival, Roger Federer.
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Especially at the French Open, Nadal has racked up 13 titles since 2005.
The tennis player who is familiarly called Rafa alone could not lift the French Open trophy in 2009 and 2015.
As for 2016, Nadal decided to fail with a wrist injury.
The course of the match
Rafael Nadal appeared immediately to start the first set.
Unabashed, the second seed broke Novak Djokovic’s serve point in the first game.
After that, Nadal again earned break points over Djokovic in the third and fifth games.
Nadal also finished the first set with a 6-0 bagel score.
Nadal’s dominance over Djokovic continued in the second set.
Relying on his hard forehand shots, Nadal was able to dictate the course of the tennis game between himself and Djokovic.
Nadal wins by a difference of four games (6-2) over the first seed.
The battle between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was alive and well in the third set.
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In this set, the two players took turns recording break points against their respective opponents.
However, Nadal proved he was better than Djokovic when he played on clay clay court.
Nadal’s break point in the 11th gym led him to stay a bit further to win the final match.
Nadal did not waste his chance when he kept control of the serve.
Mercilessly, he collected all the points in the twelfth game.
Nadal ended Djokovic’s resistance to win the 2020 French Open title ace of service. (Diya Farida Purnawangsuni)