In the round of 16 he defeated Diego Schwartzman in three sets, the world number 1 still has not conceded a set in this tournament In the first round of Roland Garros he beat Nishioka in three sets without too much difficulty, then in the third round he defeated Bedene. In the last tournament he has played has been the ATP of Rome has won and even without conceding a set. In the Madrid Open 2022 he reached the semifinal where he was surprised by the young Carlos Alcaraz. Although he could not win the title, as he was defeated by the Russian Rublev. While in the ATP Monte Carlo he was eliminated in the first round by the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich and in the ATP Belgrade tournament he performed well reaching the final. However, in the quarterfinals he was surprised by Vasley and the Czech left out of the tournament the number 1, which he still is despite the few matches he has played this year and only lost one week to the Russian Medvedev. In the round of 16 he defeated Russian Kchanov 6-3, 7-6. In his first tournament he defeated the Italian Musetti by a double 6-3. He could not be in the Australian Open, despite the politics, and neither in the U.S. So two breaks each.The number 1 has played few tournaments in this 2022, because it has not been vaccinated and that has caused him to be deprived of the big tournaments of this start of the year. 5th BP for Djoko thereafter and he breaks back again. 4th Break point for Djoko after Nadal's return hits the net and the Spaniard denies him yet again as his drop shot technique fails to work again. Consecutive errors gives Djokovic a break point advantage, third for the Serb, but he fails to convert. But a first double fault of the night denies him the opportunity take the game. Nadal responds with an unbelievable forehand passing shot, superb response to a drop shot. This game has reached the 10-minute mark now. Nadal looked to deliver another forehand down the line, but sent the return well over the baseline. That was fantastic tennis from two of the greats of the game. Huge roar from Nadal as Djokovic failed to get through at the end of the long rally. But with a booming ace, Nadal brought it down to deuce.

Nadal left Djokovic expecting with a crosscourt backhand return but instead sent it down the line to make it 30-15, but the Spaniard slipped and erred on return as Djokovic gave himself a break point advantage. 9 of the last 11 points have been won by Djokovic.

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