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Rafael Nadal Downs Novak Djokovic in Surprising Chapter of a Storied Rivalry

Chris Almeida: So we’ve just been through what, for a long time, felt like a replay of last year’s French Open match between Djokovic and Nadal. That one was also a four setter, also incredibly long, lasting over four hours, also had a lot of long, drag-out knock-down rallies. A lot of very long games. But this time, it seems like Nadal had all the answers. Last year, he was physically fading at the end of the match and this time, despite a bad injury to his foot, he looked great.

Jon Wertheim: This is part of the beauty of the rivalry.