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PARIS : After the high of beating arch-rival Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal heads into his French Open semi-final against Germany's Alexander Zverev on Friday aiming to keep alive his bid for a record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title
The French Open is approaching crunch time, and Day 13 sees Rafael Nadal take on Alexander Zverev — with Marin Cilic facing Casper Ruud in the other semi-final in the men’s singles. Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Zverev were pitted together in a fiendishly difficult top half of the draw. Ad/> The 13-time French Open champion Nadal got the better of Djokovic in a four-set epic for the ages, while Zverev stunned tennis’ rising star Alcaraz.
Alexander Zverev will face the «toughest task in tennis» when he lines up across from Rafael Nadal in the French Open semi-finals, according to Eurosport's Tim Henman. Zverev turned in arguably the best match of his career by beating Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals, but taking on — and beating — Nadal on the court where he has won 13 titles is another thing altogether.
Rafael Nadal says he will need to summon all his determination and focus to overcome Alexander Zverev in the French Open semi-finals. Nadal climbed what might have felt like the biggest summit of his Roland-Garros 2022 in the quarter-finals by beating great rival Novak Djokovic, but there seems no chance of the Spaniard easing off ahead of his last-four clash against the 25-year-old German.
Rafael Nadal has rowed back on suggestions that this could be his last year competing at the French Open. The 13-time French Open winner said in the wake of his epic quarter-final win against Novak Djokovic that his tennis future was “super difficult” owing to a chronic foot injury. Ad/> This led to suggestions that the 21-time Grand Slam winner could be competing at Roland-Garros for a final time.
Tim Henman believes Rafael Nadal’s biggest challenge against Alexander Zverev at the French Open will be mental rather than physical.
Rafael Nadal's French Open quarter-final victory over Novak Djokovic means the Serb will lose his world No 1 ranking later this month, with the 13-time champion's next opponent Alexander Zverev landing a huge advantage for Wimbledon. Djokovic was the defending champion in Paris but Nadal got revenge over the top seed for beating him in last year's semi-final.