Spaniard Rafa Nadal has qualified for his 30th Grand Slam final and 14th at Roland Garros after rival Sasha Zverev withdrew from the tournament with a sprained ankle.
Grand Slam finalist Nadal advances to his thirtieth final:
31- Roger Federer.
31- Novak Djokovic.
30- Rafa Nadal.
19- Evan Lendl
18- House of Sampras.
Details of Rafael Nadal’s 30 Grand Slam finals: 14 – Roland Garros, 6 – Australia, 5 – Wimbledon, 5 – USA.
At the age of 36, Rafa Nadal becomes the oldest player to qualify for the Roland Garros final, overtaking Gimeno:
Andres Gimeno, 1972 (34 years and 9 months).
Rafa Nadal 2020 (34 years and 4 months)
Ken Roswell 1986 (33 years and 6 months)
* Rafa Nadal became the highest-scoring player to reach a Grand Slam final after reaching the age of 30, shared with Djokovic:
10 – Novak Djokovic.
10- Rafa Nadal.
8- Roger Federer.
8- Ken Roswell.
* For the first time in a Grand Slam semi-final, a withdrawal occurred during a match since Nadal pulled out against Del Potro at the 2018 US Open, and at Roland Garros especially after Nalbandian lost to Federer in 2006 year.
Source: El Iktisad