Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev compete in Paris to see who of the two takes a spot in next Sunday’s Roland Garros final. The Spaniard, a 13-time champion on Parisian soil – most recently in 2020 – starts the betting as the overwhelming favorite despite the physical pain he’s been lugging in his foot since the start of the season. Nadal has beaten Thompson, Moutet, Van de Zandschulp, Auger-Aliassime and Djokovic in this edition of the tournament, whom he knocked down in the last set of the quarterfinals after a great comeback. For his part, Zverev, whose presence in the semifinals equals the best result of his career at Roland Garros, has prevailed against Ofner, Báez, Nakashima, Zapata and Alcaraz against whom he exacted the revenge of what happened a month ago in the Masters 1.000 from Madrid . The winner of this semi-final, the most prestigious, will face the winner of the duel between Norwegian Casper Ruud, number eight in the world, and Croatian Marin Cilic, number 20, in Sunday’s final.
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🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 23 | Zverev moves very well with the forehand, but Nadal is slowly finding his serve. Game for Spanish.
🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 1-3 | 30-0. First direct serve for the Spaniard, who started with the classic ¡Vamos!
🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 1-3 | The German consolidates the break with his serve. Rafa will do it.
Nadal-Zverev 🎾 | 1-2 | 30-40 The German, moving very fast on the track, continues to crush the German with his right.
Nadal-Zverev 🎾 | 1-2 | First game for the Spaniard, who was cheered on from the Philippe Chatrier stands. lane change. Zverev will serve.
🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 0-2 | 40-30 Nadal starts to find his position on serve.
🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 0-2 | 15-15 First come! by Nadal in court. You have to join the Spaniards who are still a little cold in the countryside of Paris.
🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 0-2 | Zverev beats him with everything! Nadal can’t reach the hamburger’s right hand.
Nadal-Zverev 🎾 | 0-1 | 30-40 After a direct serve, the German missed two right hands in a row. Third ball to 0:2. Try to hold Rafa.
Nadal-Zverev 🎾 | 0-1 | 0-30 Huge right from Zverev that Nadal can’t reach. Very good passing game from the German.
Nadal-Zverev 🎾 | 0-1 | Nadal’s right goes a long way. First game and first break of the game. Zverev starts strong.
🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 0-0 | 30-40 First breakball for Zverev, very aggressive with the right. Rafa suffers from returning the German’s deep punches.
🎾 Nadal-Zverev | 0-0 | 30-15 Spanish starts strong with service. Good trades when the point gets long.
Start the game! Rafael Nadal served.
Nadal and Zverev met nine times: six wins for the Spaniards and three for the Germans.
The ovation for Nadal in the Philippe Chatrier grandstand was overwhelming. The public in unison: Raphael, Raphael, Raphael!
The players jump onto the track. It has to be less.
It’s raining in Paris! According to estimates, there is a 96% chance of precipitation during the match between Nadal and Zverev. The humidity is about 70%.
Players are about to hop onto the Philippe chatrier to begin warm-up exercises. The game is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m..
Rafa Nadal turns 36 today in Paris, a custom in every edition of Roland Garros. This is how they congratulated the Balearic Islands in training this morning.
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