Four hours and twenty-three minutes of play and one of the most beautiful and intense challenges of the season: Rafael Nadal and Felix Auger-Aliassime met yesterdayĀ in the Round of 16 of the Roland Garros 2022 and gave birth to a huge challenge.
In the end it was the Spanish legend who prevailed, triumphing as often happens by raising the level in the highlight of the match and in his case in the middle of the fifth set.
Rafa is not in the best of conditions but in Paris he is always a very dangerous customer and on Tuesday he will face his great rival, world number one Novak Djokovic, for the 59 time in his career. Class flashes instead of Felix Auger-Aliassime who also seems to grow on a surface, often adverse to him, such as clay.
We recall that in the same side of the draw, the top-half, there is also the other great protagonist of the season, Carlos Alcaraz, who is the other one favorite for the final win in Paris.
Here is one of the points of the match:
We never want this match to end š#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/d3Gn6ADEss
ā Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 29, 2022