Defending champion Rafa Nadal played excellent tennis to set up a much-awaited French Open showdown against Novak Djokovic with a 6-3 6-2 6-1 clinical destruction of Wimbledon winner Andy Murray in the semi-finals yesterday.
World number one Nadal, an eight-times Roland Garros winner, did not concede a single break point in a one-sided encounter on Court Philippe Chatrier, sinking the seventh seed with a series of forehand winners.
“I think I played some of my best tennis at Roland Garros today,” said Nadal after extending his French Open record to 65 wins and one defeat.
“I’m very emotional to reach the final again,” he told reporters. “It’s a dream. Novak is an unbelievable opponent.”
