The 17-minute game that epitomises Nadal-Djokovic rivalry

[ASFN Admin]

In sport there are moments that can swing outcomes on their heads. Sometimes, all it takes is a fleeting flash of brilliance or sudden unscripted collapse to change a team or athlete's fortunes. On Court Philippe-Chatrier late on Tuesday night, though, it was an exhausting 17 minutes of full-throttle, tense baseline tennis that made Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic's 49th encounter an instant classic. The marathon sixth game of the second set took the match from firmly in Nadal's grasp and set in

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