The Majorcan, 36 years old today, will be on the field for the eighth time in his career (against Zverev) on his party day. He has only been defeated once so far, in 2015 by Djokovic
Today is the day of the match between Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev which is worth a place for the final of Roland Garros, but it is also the day of Rafael Nadal’s birthday, his 36th birthday. Since the Spaniard has been a professional, today’s is the eighth birthday he celebrates playing in Paris and the balance is largely positive. Rafa, on his birthday, played 7 times (today is the eighth time) with a partial of 6 wins and one defeat.
This is the complete list of all the games played by Rafa on June 3rd. In 2005 in the semifinal he beats Roger Federer 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3, in 2006 in the third round he overcomes the Frenchman Paul Henri Mathieu 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4, in 2008 in the quarterfinals he eliminates the compatriot Nicolas Almagro 6-1 6-1 6-1, in 2011 in the semifinals he beats the Scottish Andy Murray 6-4 7-5 6-4, in 2013 in the second round he overcomes the Japanese Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-1 6-3 , in 2015 in the quarterfinals he lost against Serbian Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 6-0 and finally last year in the second round he beat French Richard Gasquet 6-0 7-5 6-2.
Records and anniversaries
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Each of these matches scored something important. The one against Federer in 2005 was the only match on earth in which the bookmakers gave him an underdog against the Swiss, while the one against Mathieu was by far the longest match ever played by Nadal in Paris (4 hours and 53 minutes for only 4 sets). The 2008 quarter-final against Almagro was, of the 16 quarter-finals played in Paris, the one in which he lost the fewest games (excluding the 2017 match in which Pablo Carreno Busta retired at the start of the second set), the semifinal against Murray in 2011 instead was the first semifinal played in Paris as seeded number 1. Finally, the eighth against Nishikori in 2013 was the only eighth in which he never lost the serve by canceling the greatest number of break points ( 4 out of 4), in 2015 against Djokovic was the only time he lost on his birthday and last year’s second round against Gasquet was the match of the 102nd victory in Paris as 102 was the record wins in a Grand Slam of Federer at the Australian Open.
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