Immediately after Friday’s men’s singles draw ceremony, which has pitted Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in a possible quarterfinal, Nadal went on camera with Eurosport to talk about it. “At the end of the day I have four matches before if I want to arrive to that match,” he said.



Nadal, who owns a 66-1 record at Roland Garros, which includes 6-0 vs. Djokovic, is entering this year’s event without a clay-court title under his belt for the first time. Seeded 6th, the Spaniard is slated to face French wild card Quentin Halys in the first round and could see either Nicolas Almagro or Alexandr Dolgopolov in round two.



After a long workout with Richard Gasquet on Court Philippe Chatrier, Nadal showed up at the draw ceremony to help with the women’s draw:

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