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Patna : Twelve-time champion and 2nd seed Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, defeated 12th seed Diego Schwartzman, 28, Argentina, in men’s singles semi-finals on Philippe-Chatrier court, Roland Garros, Paris, France, on October 9, 2020, night, to reach French Open Final. Nadal beat Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 to reach the French Open Final for the 13th time in his career.
Nadal won 6 break points in the match to 3 by Schwartzman. The Spainiard, in all, won 114 points in the match to 87 by the Argentinian. Nadal won 3 games in a row to 2 by Schwartzman. Nadal’s winning percentage both on his first and second serve (68% & 53%) was much better than that of Schwartzman’s (62% & 42%). Schwartzman committed 3 double faults in the match to none by Nadal. The Spainiard served 3 Aces to 2 by the Argentinian.
Schwartzman, who had defeated reigning US Open champion and 2nd seed Dominic Thiem, 27, Austria, in QFs on October 6, 2020, put up very strong resistance in third set taking it to the tie-break. Nadal was, however, all over Schwartzman in the tiebreak winning it 7-0.
Schwartzman had recently stunned Nadal in Italian Open QFs, his first win against the King of Clay. Nadal now leads Schwartzman 10-1 Head to Head.