Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas star in the Roland Garros 2021 Grand Final. The Serbian, world number 1, seeks to secure his second title in Paris after doing the feat of defeat Rafa Nadal in the semifinals 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-2.
Djokovic He suffered as it cannot be otherwise, to subdue the great dominator of the clay, Rafael Nadal, in a duel of more than four hours and you will see them against the young “next gen” Stefanos Tsitsipas, from Greece. “Nole“Traced an adverse being before Nadal, the first to defeat the Spanish southpaw in Roland Garros from one set down, which highlights the level of his feat.
The world number 1 go back to a final of Roland Garros after the one he lost last year, precisely against Nadal. Now, he starts as a favorite against the Greek Tsitsipa s, who defeated his rival from ‘Next Gen’, Alexander Zverev, by 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 and 6-3, after more than three and a half hours.
Both players have seen each other recently in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 of Rome, where Djokovic he came back from a very critical situation of one set down and break down in the second and third sets, which both came back. The Serbian seeks his title of Grand Slam number 19 and to achieve it, it would only be one of the record that they achieved Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, both with 20 Grand Slams.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, for his part, he treads for the first time the final of a great and Roland Garros, after adding four semifinals in the most important tennis tournaments. At Australian Open 2021 lost in three sets against Medvedev, glass ceiling that he has overcome in this tournament, by defeating the German Sascha Zverev. Tsitsipas seeks to be the first Greek tennis player to conquer a Grand slam and make history for your country.
The head to head between both players is favorable for Djokovic 5-2. The last two clashes have been on clay, in Roland Garros semi-finals 2020, with victory in 5 sets for the Serbian (6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1) and in the Rome Masters 1000 2021, by 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. However, the two victories of the young Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas have been given on a hard court, in the 2018 Canadian Masters 1000 (6-3, 6-7, 6-3) and in the quarterfinals of Shanghai Masters 1000 2019 (3-6, 7-5, 6-3).
When is Djokovic – Tsitsipas played?
The game is played today, Sunday June 13, at 15.00 hours
Where to see the Djokovic – Tsitsipas?
The meeting can be seen by Eurosport, which covers the tournament for Spain exclusively. However, the game may be followed open by DMAX. You can follow all the live information about the match by the Mundo Deportivo website, as well as on the development of the Clay Grand Slam