- Serb recovers after losing first five games of match
- Greek 22-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas awaits in final
For the second time in eight months, Rafael Nadal welcomed his greatest rival into his Parisian lair, but unlike last year’s French Open final when Nadal laid waste to Novak Djokovic in three brutal sets, the world No 1 had no intention of allowing history to repeat itself.
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