TIL Desk Sports/ Rafael Nadal on Friday reached a record extending 13th final at the French Open after beating Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(0) at the Court Philippe Chatrier.
Schwartzman had beaten Nadal in the quarterfinal of the Italian Open two weeks ago, but the 12-time French Open champion hardly gave the Argentine any chance in the match that lasted for a little over three hours.
Nadal will now face either World No. 1 Novak Djokovic or fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who play their semifinal match later in the day.
Schwartzmann broke Nadal in the first set and forced a tie-breaker in the third. The 34-year-old Spaniard, however, took the tie-breaker by the horns, holding Schwartzmann to love and thus sealed his 99th win at Roland Garros.
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