World No 2 thrashes No 1 seed 6-0, 6-2, 7-5Spaniard equals Roger Federer’s haul of 20 grand slam titlesNovak Djokovic drove
Rafael Nadal to almost unprecedented heights of excellence but was powerless to stop his old rival winning his 13th
French Open and the 20th major he needed to match the record of their absent friend,
Roger Federer.
Nadal’s 100th win at Roland Garros was almost flawless – 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 in two hours and 41 minutes in front of a drastically reduced audience because of the pandemic at a rescheduled grand slam under a new roof at Court Philippe Chatrier – yet it was a final of rolling contradictions, too.