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Djokovic and Nadal set rematch as Alcaraz avoids early exit and Raducanu crashes out

The first week of the French Open is all wrapped up and the start of the second has already started, with all of the round-of-16 matches played and the quarter-finals decided. The last-eight has thrown up a long-awaited 59th meeting between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal - their first match since the world No 1 upset the 13-time champion in the semi-final last year.

Carlos Alcaraz is also through to the quarter-final in the same half of the draw after both he and his next opponent Alexander Zverev saved a match point each to avoid an early exit in the second round. There is even more teenage success in the draw with 19-year-old Holger Rune, 18-year-old Coco Gauff and 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez also into the quarter-finals.

But Emma Raducanu won't be joining her fellow teens in the last-eight as she suffered an early exit to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the second round, though she will now be starting her grass-court season early as a result.

Express Sport takes a look at the biggest stories from the French Open over the last week.

Djokovic and Nadal will meet for the 59th time in their careers in Tuesday's quarter-final, and the first time since the Serb ousted the 'King of Clay' in last year's semi-final. Ahead of their clash, there had been anticipation over the time slot they would receive on Court Philippe-Chatrier with Nadal better in the warm daytime conditions, admitting he didn't like the new night sessions, while Djokovic wanted to play in the evening.

And things swung in the Serb's favour as the match received night session billing for 8.45pm local time. Ahead of the clash, Nadal has admitted it could be his last-ever match as he continues to struggle with his Mueller-Weiss syndrome - the chronic foot injury

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