On June 17, Beijing time, the 20 17 French Open ended two men's singles semi-finals in Paris. Among them, Nadal, the nine-time champion, continued his fiery state. Tim, the sixth seed with outstanding clay performance this season, won the final without losing a set, only one step away from lifting the Musketeer Cup for the tenth time.
In this game, which lasted 2 hours and 07 minutes, the Spaniard broke his opponent six times. This is also Nadal and Tim's fourth encounter in this year's European clay court season. Nadal beat Tim in the finals in Barcelona and Madrid, but lost to Austria in the quarter-finals in Rome.
Nadal and Tim are undoubtedly the two best players on clay court in 20 17 season. Nadal lost his first serve in this highly anticipated semi-final. However, the experienced Spaniard also took advantage of his opponent's state and broke back immediately in the next game, even in the third and fourth games, and achieved a 3- 1 lead. Nadal broke again and won the next game 6-3.
In the second set, Nadal, who had just celebrated his 3 1 birthday a week ago, saved two break points in the second set, and finally succeeded in breaking by 1 1 in the third set, winning another set with an advantage. In the third set, the 23-year-old Austrian made more mistakes, and the rhythm of the game was completely controlled by Nadal, and he lost.
The champion with Nadal will be No.3 seed Wawrinka. In another semi-final that ended before, the latter beat Murray, the top seed and the world's number one, 6-7(6), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(3), 6- 1, and reached the final of Roland-Galos for the second time.