Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates with the trophy after winning his final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the Italian Open in Rome May 16, 2021. — Reuters picROME, May 17 — Rafa Nadal warmed up for the French Open with a battling 7-5 1-6 6-3 win over world number one Novak Djokovic as the Spaniard claimed a record-extending 10th Italian Open title in Rome on Sunday in the latest chapter of their rivalry.
“I was lucky in some moments, especially against Shapovalov,” Nadal said, referring to the round of 16 match he won in a tiebreak in the decider. “It’s amazing to have this trophy in my hands for the 10th time. It’s something impossible to imagine but it happened so I’m super happy and can’t thank my team enough.”
But Djokovic, who lost to Nadal in their previous meeting in the Roland Garros final last year, pounced in the second set to race ahead 5-1 as the Spaniard’s intensity dropped and quickly levelled the match at one set apiece.
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