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Djokovic: "Nadal showed why he is a great champion"

   MADRID, 1 Jun.

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Djokovic: "Nadal showed why he is a great champion"

   MADRID, 1 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Tennis player Novak Djokovic praised Spaniard Rafa Nadal, assuring that he "showed why he is a great champion" in his "deserved" victory over the world number one in an epic quarter-final match at Roland Garros, in which the Serbian fought "until the end".

"Despite everything, I had opportunities, especially in the fourth set. I served to win the set, with two set points and one or two shots with which we would have gone to a fifth set, where the match could have turned in favor of one or the other at any time. But he showed why he is a great champion. He was able to take his tennis to another level in those moments, particularly at the beginning of all sets except the fourth," Djokovic explained in the post-match press conference. duel against Nadal.

The Serbian, who with 30 victories continues to win the fight against the Spaniard, congratulated Nadal for being "better in important moments." "I didn't start well, but when I won the second set I thought I was back. But then he had two or three fantastic games at the beginning of the third set. He managed to play his best tennis in the key moments", analyzed the Serbian, who should wait to opt to raise his 21st Grand Slam.

Djokovic, who could lose number one if German Alexander Zverev, Nadal's rival in the semifinals, wins Roland Garros, insisted that the man from Manacor deserved the win at Philippe-Chatrie in Paris. "In a match like this you have ups and downs in your game and also mentally. I gave it my all, I could have done better, but I'm proud to have fought until the end," Djokovic said.