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The Guardian - UK
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John Brewin , Stuart Goodwin and Daniel Harris

French Open day eight: Nadal beats Auger-Aliassime, Djokovic and Gauff win – as it happened

Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after winning against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada. Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA

And that concludes our live blog for the day. We will be back tomorrow for more.

Nadal takes his time to drink up his barley water, and put on his tracksuit. Àlex Corretja does the honours on the mic.

It’s an atmosphere that’s incredible, so many emotions out for me. The most important court for me in my entire career. [On Auger-Aliassime]. He’s a great player, one the best in the world, with great power and mobility, I wish him all the best for the rest of the season. He’s a great guy, and a great colleague on tour. I didn’t start the match well so it was a first tough set. He has a huge serve and I was not able to push him back. At the end I could go to the end and that makes a difference. [On Djojkovic] Here we are, we are in Roland Garros, and I am going to try my best, that I can guarantee.

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