With a mix of brilliant shot-making and his trademark resilience, Rafael Nadal got past the top-seeded defending French Open champion Novak Djokovic to move a step closer to his 14th championship at the French Open.
Novak Djokovic, left, congratulates Rafael Nadal at the French Open tennis tournament, on June 1, 2022. Rafael Nadal insists he can't know for sure whether any match at Roland Garros might be his very last at a place he loves, a place he is loved.
Nadal's 3-0 lead in the second set did him no good; Djokovic ended up taking it and would say later, "I thought, `OK, I'm back in the game."' Nadal is now 110-3 for his career at the place. Two of those losses came against Djokovic, including in last year's semifinals. This time, Nadal made sure Djokovic remains behind him in the Slam count with 20. Nadal broke their three-way tie with Roger Federer at that number by capturing the Australian Open in January, when Djokovic was not able to play because he had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
In women's action Tuesday, 18-year-old American Coco Gauff and 28-year-old Martina Trevisan of Italy reached their first Grand Slam semifinals. The 18th-seeded Gauff beat 2017 U.S. Open champion and 2018 French Open runner-up Sloane Stephens 7-5, 6-2, while the 59th-ranked Trevisan eliminated U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-7 , 6-3.
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