Top seed Rafael Nadal reflects on his victory against longtime rival Novak Djokovic in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia semi-finals. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Rafael Nadal won 50 sets in a row on clay, a record for consecutive sets on a single surface, before falling in last week’s Madrid quarter-finals. Nevertheless, the Spaniard entered Saturday's semi-finals in Rome with a 17-1 record on the surface in 2018. It was clear that the top seed was in form. But longtime rival Novak Djokovic, who had won three of their past four FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings on clay, stood across the net. And the four-time Rome champion played arguably the best match of his comeback from a right elbow injury, channeling the level and intensity that helped him to four year-end No. 1 finishes in the ATP Rankings. It still was not enough. Nadal outdueled Djokovic...
Watch a preview of the two semi-finals at the 2018 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic resume their historic FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry before Alexander Zverev takes on Marin Cilic. Photo Credit: Getty Images/ATP World Tour. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Fifty matches. Twelve years. Countless memories. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic’s FedEx ATP Head2Head series is one of the greatest rivalries in the history of tennis, if not all sports. And while it has been 370 days since the two legends have stood across the net from one another, the world’s wait for another chapter will come to an end on Saturday. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches & vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs Djokovic | Zverev vs Cilic [GROUP POLL]145[/GROUP POLL] Nadal and Djokovic will meet in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia semi-finals for a spot in the championship match at the final clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the season. And...
Top seed Rafael Nadal reacts to his quarter-final win against home favourite Fabio Fognini at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.