After eliminating Nadal, Novak Djokovic will face Stéfanos Tsitsipas in the Roland Garros final: time and TV

Dethroning the king of Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal, did not grant the scepter to the Serbian Novak Djokovic, what will have to fight him in a generational duel against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, 14 years younger, neophyte on the last step of a Grand Slam.

The Serbian, number 1 in the world, You already know what it’s like to beat Nadal in Paris and not lift the title. It happened to him in 2015, when he endorsed the Spanish the second defeat of his career on Parisian clay, but then fell in the final against the Swiss Stan Wawrinka.

Now, Djokovic has a new opportunity with two extra prizes: become the first tennis player in the Open Era to win every Grand Slam at least twice and to place for the first time in his career one of Nadal and the Swiss Roger Federer.

His name would be marked once again in history. Because for the second time he would win the title that Nadal has deprived him of so many times, which he finally managed to defeat in full form in an exalted duel in the semifinals.

But Tsitsipas He also has his arguments, not in vain is he the tennis player who has been doing the best season, with 39 wins, 22 of them on clay, where he only counts three defeats, against the Norwegian Casper Ruud in Madrid, against Nadal in Barcelona and against Djokovic in Rome.

But in Monte Carlo he lifted his first 1,000 Masters and arrived in Paris with a special determination, ready to lead the generation that for years aspires to force the relief of the so-called “Big 3”.

To do it, he will have to defeat the world number 1 in his first final, after having done it in quarters with number 2, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, and becoming the youngest winner of a great since Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina at the 2009 U.S. Open.

After defeating the German in the semifinals Alexander Zverev, Tsitsipas already made sure to snatch Thiem number 4 in the world and can overtake Nadal at 3 if he raises the cup. The Spaniard would leave the ranking podium for the first time since June 2017, just after reconquering Roland Garros after two years of drought in Paris, his longest period without a title since lifting the first in 2005.

HOUR: 13:00 GMT (10:00 ARG – URU/ 09:00 CHI-PAR / 08:00 COL-PER-ECU-MEX)

TV: ESPN

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