The French Open semifinal between Novak Djokovic and and Rafael Nadal on Friday was one to remember–especially a thrilling third set that will go down in tournament history. Both during and after Djokovic’s win, the tennis world posted its thoughts on Twitter.
You cannot play better clay court tennis than this. It’s perfect.
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) June 11, 2021
@DjokerNole @RafaelNadal @rolandgarros
Tennis
— Christopher Kas (@KasiTennis) June 11, 2021
The offense
— Somdev Devvarman (@SomdevD) June 11, 2021
The defense
The intensity
The drama
PlayStation tennis
— Ken Skupski (@k_skupski) June 11, 2021
Quel match!!! Tellement inspirant. Quelle chance de pouvoir voir ça. Merci
— Nico Mahut (@nmahut) June 11, 2021… MAIS, Comment vont faire les organisateurs dans 30 minutes ??
Que competidores
— Pablo Cuevas (@PabloCuevas22) June 11, 2021que cosa hermosa!
Quelle intensité, quel match!!!
— Paul Henri Mathieu (@PHMofficiel) June 11, 2021#rg21
Los tenistas jugamos al mismo deporte que ellos dos?
— diego schwartzman (@dieschwartzman) June 11, 2021
Would have to drag me out of there
— Vasek Pospisil (@VasekPospisil) June 11, 2021
Can’t believe what I’ve just witnessed. Best level of tennis I’ve ever seen.
— Marcus Willis (@Willbomb90) June 11, 2021@DjokerNole @RafaelNadal
Tremendo partido
— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) June 11, 2021
No se puede creer lo que jugaron! Gracias @DjokerNole @RafaelNadal.
Sueño con volver a encontrarlos
Merci @RafaelNadal & @DjokerNole pour cette soirée de sport exceptionnelle
— Lucas Pouille (@la_pouille) June 11, 2021
El resumen del @RafaelNadal vs @DjokerNole es que juegan a otro deporte diferente.Durante muchos momentos ha sido posiblemente el mejor partido que he visto en muchos años.Siempre contigo Rafa
— Feliciano López (@feliciano_lopez) June 11, 2021Gracias!!
wow what amazing
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) June 11, 2021win for Djoker taking out Vamos-Rafa simply the highest quality match
Another battle to remember ! Until tomorrow
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) June 12, 2021pic.twitter.com/xtJKUR0G8y
nice one, Djoker
Apart from the 3rd set and particularly the tiebreak, I thought the match was, overall, average quality. It often seemed to me that I was watching two guys in their mid-30’s rather than 20s. There were a lot of unforced errors from Nadal, who clearly wasn’t at his clay-court best after the first set and really ran out of gas in the 4th. Of course, Nole had a lot to do with that. His mental strength is unmatched.
It is true that there were some amazing, yes, even insane points, including at crucial stages of the match. That, along with the history between these guys, made it one of the most drama-filled matches I can remember, right up there with the 2019 Wimby final. I think Novak was right to call it his greatest victory. Beating a healthy Nadal at RG really is the greatest challenge in sport and Djokovic finally did it. In terms of drama it was absolutely tennis at its best.
get well soon Rafa.