Nadal, Djokovic target French Open
9 Jun 2014 4:01 AM IST
World number one Nadal hopes to wrap up a ninth triumph in nine finals in Paris and take his record to 66 wins and just one defeat.
Victory would also make the 28-year-old the first man to win Roland Garros five years in a row and give him a 14th Grand Slam title, just three behind the record of 17 held by Roger Federer who is nearly five years older.
Djokovic, who has six majors to his name, needs a Roland Garros trophy to become just the eighth man in history to have won all four Grand Slam events.
He also has the advantage of having defeated Nadal in their last four meetings, including on clay in the Rome Masters final last month.
The momentum, however, appears to be with Nadal who allowed Wimbledon champion Andy Murray just six games in a brutal semifinal demolition on Friday.
‘It’s nothing new for Novak to be in the final here. He has the motivation to win Roland Garros for the first time for sure,’ said Nadal.
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