Roland Garros .. Nadal is just one step away from his 14th title

Spaniard Rafael Nadal reached the 14th final of the Roland Garros Tennis Championships, after his German opponent Alexander Zverev withdrew due to a severe injury sustained in their semi-final match.

Nadal, now 36, narrowly decided in the first set 7-6, then both players struggled to serve in the second set, reaching the 12th game and tying 6-6, before being scored by Zverev suffered severe thigh injury. right ankle, he was forced to leave the stadium in a wheelchair before the 25-year-old returned on crutches to announce his retirement.

It is likely that the match would have been a marathon if Zverev had not suffered this injury, which ended his run in the semi-finals for the second consecutive time, especially as the players competed fiercely on the pitch for three hours. and 13 minutes. even before the end of the second group.

Now that the injury has prevented Zverev from trying to reach the second Grand Final of his career after Flushing Meadows 2020, Nadal will have the opportunity to extend his legendary record at Roland Garros and win the title for the 14th time in 14 final appearances and 18 total appearances since he started in 2005 when he won the The First Bigs title.

Despite reaching the age of 36 and the chronic injury he has sustained in the last two years to his foot, Nadal, who holds the record for the number of major titles (21) after winning the Australian Open, is confirmed that he was the “undisputed king. ”By Roland Garros.

In his 18 participations in the French championship, the Spaniard has lost just three games, in 2009 in the fourth round against Swedish Robin Soderling, and in 2015 and 2021 in the quarters and semifinals against Serbian Novak Djokovic, who was eliminated in the final. The Spaniard is in the current version of the quarterfinals, while Mallorca’s son withdrew in 2016. Before his third round match due to injury.

Nadal will face in the final of this year’s edition, the winner of the confrontation he will face today, Croatian Marin Cilic and Norwegian Kasper Ruud.

Source: agencies