PARIS (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO TUESDAY
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will be meeting for the 59th time when they meet in the French Open quarterfinals. No two men have played each other more often in the professional era of tennis. Djokovic leads the head-to-head series 30-28, but Nadal leads their matchups on clay 19-8 and at Roland Garros 7-2. Djokovic beat Nadal in the semifinals in Paris a year ago, and Nadal beat Djokovic in the final two years ago. Djokovic has not dropped a set through four round; Nadal was pushed to five sets over nearly 4 1/2 hours in his previous match. The match is scheduled for Tuesday night in Court Philippe Chatrier, and Nadal had made it clear he prefers playing on the red clay during the daytime. The other men's quarterfinal is No. 3 Alexander Zverev against No. 6 Carlos Alcaraz in a rematch of the Madrid Open final won by Alcaraz, a 19-year-old from Spain who also beat Djokovic and Nadal there. The women's quarterfinals feature an all-American match between 18-year-old Coco Gauff and 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, who also was the runner-up at the 2018 French Open. The other women's match is No. 17 Leylah Fernandez, a 19-year-old Canadian who was a finalist at the U.S. Open last September, against 54th-ranked Martina Trevisan of Italy.
TUESDAY'S FORECAST
Sunny. High of 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 Celsius).
MONDAY'S RESULTS