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Rafael Nadal: Five clay matches, three wins, no titles - will 21-time Grand Slam champion challenge at French Open?

Rafael Nadal has won the French Open in all kinds of ways. He’s won it as a teenager, he’s won it without dropping a set, he’s won it as the overwhelming favourite, he’s won it against Roger Federer, he’s won it against Novak Djokovic, he’s won it against Robin Soderling. Only once has he won it without winning another clay event beforehand that season, and that was in 2020 when the French Open was pushed back to October.

Alcaraz threatens to gatecrash Djokovic and Nadal party in French Open

Rafael Nadal is locked in an all-time Grand Slam battle with world number one Novak Djokovic going into the French Open but both could end up being upstaged by teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz. Nadal, a 13-time title-winner on the Parisian red clay, is far from his unstoppable best as he nurses a chronic foot injury that flared up again in the build-up to Roland Garros. The Australian Open champion suffered early exits in Madrid and Rome with his most recent tournament win back in February.

Can Djokovic defend title or will Nadal make it 14? – French Open talking points

The French Open begins on Sunday with Novak Djokovic and Barbora Krejcikova looking to defend the titles they won last year, while Rafael Nadal goes in search of a 14th Paris crown.

Carlos Alcaraz 'has more variety' than Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer 'a different animal' - Wilander on stars

Mats Wilander has highlighted some of the differences between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz ahead of the 2022 French Open while mentioning Roger Federer. Alcaraz has stunned the tennis world with some of his electric play already so far this year and the rising star has been made the tournament favourite by many bookmakers ahead of Roland-Garros. Ad/> But despite being a slight injury doubt, Nadal remains on the entry list and cannot be underestimated as he attempts to follow up his remarkable Australian Open triumph earlier in the year with a record-extending 14th title in Paris.

Fired-up Novak Djokovic braced for Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal challenge at French Open

Novak Djokovic admits he will be fired up by the fiasco of his high-profile deportation from Australia when he targets a record-equalling 21st major on his Grand Slam return at the French Open. World number one Djokovic captured a second Roland Garros title in 2021 followed by a sixth Wimbledon to move to 20 majors alongside Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. However, his unseemly exit from Melbourne following his refusal to be vaccinated opened the door for Nadal to claim a second Australian Open and 21st Grand Slam crown.

Fired-up Djokovic braced for Alcaraz and Nadal challenge at French Open

Novak Djokovic admits he will be fired up by the fiasco of his high-profile deportation from Australia when he targets a record-equalling 21st major on his Grand Slam return at the French Open.

Tennis World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev loses on post-operation return

Daniil Medvedev lost at the Geneva Open on Tuesday in his first match after a hernia operation, leaving him short of practice ahead of next week's French Open. The US Open champion, back on the tour after surgery, was beaten 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) by French veteran Richard Gasquet in the round of 16.

Djokovic amplía su distancia con Nadal y Federer

El triunfo de Novak Djokovic en el Masters 1.000 de Roma le ha supuesto al serbio no sólo su título 38 en un Masters 1.000, ampliando a dos su ventaja con Rafa Nadal (el balear tiene 36), sino que además abre brecha con el propio Nadal y Roger Federer en la carrera por ver quién gana más grandes títulos.

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Rafael Nadal: Five clay matches, three wins, no titles - will 21-time Grand Slam champion challenge at French Open?

Alcaraz threatens to gatecrash Djokovic and Nadal party in French Open

Can Djokovic defend title or will Nadal make it 14? – French Open talking points

Carlos Alcaraz 'has more variety' than Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer 'a different animal' - Wilander on stars

Fired-up Novak Djokovic braced for Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal challenge at French Open

Fired-up Djokovic braced for Alcaraz and Nadal challenge at French Open

Tennis World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev loses on post-operation return

Djokovic amplía su distancia con Nadal y Federer