Rafael Nadal will face Novak Djokovic in a mouth-watering French Open quarter-final following a comeback win against Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Nadal, a 13-time winner at Roland Garros, endured an intense battle with the Canadian before eventually winning 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3. And not for the first time in 2022, he will face the man he recently rose above in the list of Grand Slam wins following his remarkable success at the Australian Open.
For a time though, the World No 9 threatened to upset the script, as the Spaniard dropped sets for the first time in the tournament. And at 4-3 Nadal in the final set, the outcome remained very much in the balance.
