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French Open Social Slice: Djokovic reaction; The Nadal Djokovic rivalry


On today’s Social Slice, we look at Novak Djokovic’s reaction to beating Matteo Berrettini at the French Open before checking out the latest Nadal vs Djokovic tweets.

Firstly, Novak Djokovic ensured that it would be him facing Rafael Nadal on Friday after a four set victory over Berrettini.

Despite losing the fourth set on a tie-breaker, three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray insisted there was no way the Serbian would go on to lose the match.

You were right, Andy!

 

Djokovic was evidently frustrated throughout the match after throwing away the third set and the elongated pause as the crowd left the night session due to the Paris curfew.

Just look at his reaction here!

Twitter users have already put their spin on the Djokovic reaction and I don’t think it will be the last we see of it!

Check out how John Isner and Barbara Strycova were seemingly impacted by the roar by @AJ Eccles.

A really interesting graphic by the @USOpen shows the entire Djokovic vs Nadal rivalry in 16 seconds.

Nadal dominated the early head-to-heads before Djokovic came back to take the lead.

The Spaniard has a chance to tie the record at 29 apiece with a win on Friday, but can he do it?

On the topic of the Nadal vs Djokovic rivalry @gigicat7_ posted a picture of the two all-time greats stating ‘it’s the 2050 year, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are facing each other for the 300th time’.

The way the pair are dominating the sport in their mid 30’s this doesn’t seem too far fetched!

We find out which women will appear in their first-ever Grand Slam final as the two semi-finals get underway today.

Giant-killer Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova takes on Tamara Zidansek, whilst Barbara Krejcikova takes on the recent conquerer of Iga Swiatek, Maria Sakkari.

Who gets into the final?


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Tim Farthing, Tennishead Editorial Director & Owner, has been a huge tennis fan his whole life. He's a tennis journalist and entrepreneur as well as playing tennis to a national standard. He also helps manage his local club and volunteers for his local tennis organisation. He's a specialist in content about the administration of professional tennis and tennis coaching for all levels.