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Summary Rafael Nadal will face Novak Djokovic for the French Open crown.
For the third straight time in a Grand Slam final, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will meet.That Nadal made it by winning his French Open semifinal in a breeze against David Ferrer was no shock.That Djokovic got there after facing only a wisp of a challenge from Roger Federer well, that came as a bigger surprise.The top two players each won in straight sets Friday second-seeded Nadal in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 whitewashing of sixth-seeded Ferrer and top-seeded Djokovic in a 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 win over third-seeded Federer that didnt feel that close.The final is Sunday and one of these men will make history: Either Nadal will win his seventh French Open to break the record he now shares with Bjorn Borg, or Djokovic will become the first man in 43 years to win four straight Grand Slam tournaments.And while theyll have trouble putting on a better show than their last Grand Slam final the nearly six-hour, five-set drama Djokovic won at the Australian Open it shouldnt be hard to stage a more competitive day of tennis than what happened in the semifinals.I hope well play a shorter match because playing six hours in Australia was very long, Djokovic said. But it was a great match. I think it was the most beautiful match of my life, of my career. I look forward to another beautiful match.The key stat in Djokovics win was Federers 46 unforced errors, to 17 for Djokovic, as the 16-time major championship winner struggled with the conditions on yet another windy day at Roland Garros, as well as the pressure of having to go for big shots to get anything past his top-seeded Serbian opponent.
