French Open 2021 Semi Finals Highlights: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to reach Roland Garros final

Rafael Nadal has 88 career titles to his name

Novak Djokovic has 83 career titles to his name

Rafael Nadal has only lost one set en-route to the semifinals. It was Diego Schwartzman in the quarterfinals.

Novak Djokovic has lost three sets en-route to the semifinals.

-Two of them against Lorenzo Musetti. One against Matteo Berrettini

Djokovic's last win over the Spanish star on a clay court was in Rome five years ago.

Clay courts

Nadal: 19 wins

Djokovic: 7 wins

As you may have already guessed, the Spaniard is leading here as well.

Rafael Nadal-13

Bjorn Borg- 6

Novak Djokovic- 5

Henri Cochet- 5

Jaroslav Drobny- 5

Roger Federer- 5

Rene Lacoste- 5

Ivan Lendl- 5

Mats Wilander- 5

Rafael Nadal: 105-2

Novak Djokovic: 79-15

Most Head to Head Meetings (Open Era). Djokovic and Nadal lead the way in this category too.

->Djokovic vs. Nadal 58* Djokovic leads 29-28

->Djokovic vs. Federer 50 Djokovic leads 27-23

->Federer vs. Nadal 40 Nadal leads 24-16

->Connors vs. Lendl 36 Connors leads 23-13

->Djokovic vs. Murray 36 Djokovic leads 25-11

->Lendl vs. McEnroe 36 Lendl leads 21-15

If Novak Djokovic beats Nadal, he will inch closer to Nadal and Federer on the all-time Grand Slam titles list by winning his 19th title. The other two greats are currently on 20 Slams each.

Moreover, this will be Djokovic's second French Open title, with his first being in 2016.

If Rafael Nadal beats Djokovic and goes on to win the title, he will surpass the great Roger Federer on the all-time Grand Slam titles list by earning his 21st major crown.

Moreover, this will be his 14th French Open title 14th!

FIRST ROUND: beat Alexei Popyrin

SECOND ROUND: beat Richard Gasquet

THIRD ROUND: beat Cameron Norrie

FOURTH ROUND: beat Jannik Sinner

QUARTERFINAL: beat Diego Schwartzman

FIRST ROUND: beat Tennys Sandgren

SECOND ROUND: beat Pablo Cuevas

THIRD ROUND: beat Ricardas Berankis

FOURTH ROUND: beat Lorenze Musetti

QUARTERFINAL: Beat Matteo Berrettini

Rafael Nadal is ahead 10-6 at the Grand Slams

->2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome: Rafael Nadal won 7-5,1-6,6-3

->2020 Roland Garros: Rafael Nadal won 6-0, 6-2, 7-5

->2020 ATP Cup: Novak Djokovic won 6-2 7-6(4)

->2019 ATP Masters 1000 Rome: Rafael Nadal won 6-0,4-6, 6-1

->2019 Australian Open: Novak Djokovic won 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Nadal is almost unbeatable on the red clay of Paris but he is not invincible. In fact, his tonight's opponent has beaten him once. Check it out:

Matches Played: 8

Nadal wins: 7

Djokovic wins: 1

Matches played: 57

Djokovic wins: 29

Nadal wins: 28

Novak Djokovic current world ranking: 1

Rafael Nadal current world ranking: 3

Hello and Welcome to the live coverage of the French Open 2021 men's singles Semi Finals between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. World No.1 Djokovic has a slender 29-28 lead in the head to head battle against current World No.3 and 13-time Roland Garros champion Nadal. This is a repeat of last year's final, where the Spanish maestro won in straight sets. Who will win tonight? Let's find out.