Serbia’s Novak Djokovic overcame a brief bout of nerves in the second set to defeat Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4 at the Paris Olympics on Monday and advance to the third round.
The Serbian Novak Djokovic overcame a brief attack of nerves in the second set to defeat Rafael Nadalby 6-1 and 6-4 in the Paris Olympics this Monday and move on to the third round.
Djokovicwho has won 24 Grand Slam singles titles but is chasing Olympic gold, left nothing to chance, forcing Nadal38 years old, with perfect groundstrokes and drops, making his age look good with a 6-1 and 4-0 in his favor.
Nadalwho has dominated on this court like no other player, managed to come back to 4-4, to the delight of the home crowd, who were prepared for an epic encounter between two of the best players to have ever played this sport in their 60th confrontation.
Despite his comeback in the second set, Nadal lacked precision and consistency and could do nothing to prevent DjokovicThe 37-year-old sealed victory on his first match point with an ace.
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