I mean, that's part of the game,' Nadal said. Is not my mindset to come here and just thinking (losing) a set is going to be a disaster for me. 'I don't pretend to come here and not (lose) sets. That grew to 36, before Schwartzman outplayed him for a stretch. Nadal, meanwhile, entered his quarterfinal with a 35-set run at Roland-Garros that began during the 2019 final. Novak Djokovic falls during his Roland-Garros quarter final win over Matteo Berrettini. Now comes a semifinal Friday against a familiar foe in a rematch of last year's Roland-Garros final, but a round earlier: Nadal, who is 105-2 in the clay-court tournament. 'The reaction (at) the end was just me liberating that tension that was building up for the entire match.'

I just felt under tension the entire time,' Djokovic said. 'This match had it all: falls, crowd, break. Still, the top-seeded Djokovic held on and moved on, pulling out the quarterfinal victory against No.9 Berrettini. Once two points from a straight-set victory and seemingly well on his way to a Roland-Garros semifinal showdown against Rafael Nadal, Djokovic had to deal with so much that went awry: consecutive unforced errors that gave away a tiebreaker and a face-down tumble that drew blood from his left palm. A board is displayed as play is suspended with fans being made to leave the stadium due to government curfew restrictions during the Mens Singles Quarter-Final match between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Matteo Berrettini of Italy at Roland-Garros.

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