Rafa Nadal and Jannik Sinner you see the faces in the Round of 16 at Roland Garros 2021. The number 3 of the ATP is measured for the second consecutive edition by the young Italian, against whom he already faced in the 2020 Roland Garros quarterfinals and the one he beat by 76, 6-4, 6-1.
The favoritism of Nadal, who is the best clay court player in history, is unquestionable and he continues in his search for the title number 14 at Roland Garros and the 21 of his career, which would break the equality he has with Roger Federer. The Swiss, who also participates in Roland GarrosHe’s got his mind set on the weed tour and the wimbledon tournament, where you have more options to go far.
Nadal comes from surpassing Alexei Popyrin, Richard Gasque and Cameron Norrie in the first three rounds, without giving up a set and with an already historic record in Roland Garros from 103 wins for just two losses. Nadal’s great moment of form comes since he defeated Novak Djokovic in the grand finale of Rome Masters 1000, which he beat 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.
Nadal has been framed precisely with the number 1, Novak Djokovic, against which he could face in the semifinals. The Serbian faces in the round of 16 with another young Italian, Musetti, in another match between a consolidated star and a tennis player with a great future.
In this upper part of the table they are concentrated Nadal, Djokovic and Federer, in addition to Diego schwartzman, which reached the semifinals of the season. Nadal on this land tour, in addition to the Rome Masters 1000, recently won, has conquered the Open Banc Sabadell Conde de Godó this season before Stefanos Tsitsipas, tournament of the ATP 500 category. By cons in Monte Carlo and Madrid, both of them Masters 1000 as Rome, could not pass the quarterfinals, where he lost to Rublev and Zverev, respectively.
Sinner, for its part, is one of the young projections of a great tennis player of current tennis and has already reached the Miami Masters 1000 final this season, where he lost to the Polish Hubert hurkacz. Currently occupies the position number 19 of the ATP and he wants to continue growing, where he will face Nadal in Paris.
The face to face between both players of 2-0 in favor of Nadal, since in addition to the duel in Roland Garros 2020 clashed in the second round of the Rome Masters 1000, where Nadal he was victorious 7-5 6-4. Sinner seek to scratch the first set against the champion of 13 Roland Garros in their direct confrontations.
When is Nadal – Sinner played?
The game is played today, monday, june 7, not before 16.00 hours
Where to see the Nadal – Sinner?
The encounter can be seen by Eurosport, which retransmits Roland Garros. It can also be followed through the DAZN platform. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.