Analysis - Sense of anti-climax as Nadal's reign ended by Djokovic


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 04 Jun 2015

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts during his men's quarter-final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, June 3, 2015. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

(Reuters) - An almost deathly hush descended as Serbian Novak Djokovic administered the last rights on Rafa Nadal's reign of dominance at the French Open on Wednesday.

On the same dusty rectangle of Parisian clay on which the marauding Mallorcan struck fear into opponents for a decade, Djokovic made him suffer, handing out a straight-sets quarter-final beating -- 7-5 6-3 6-1 -- that, by the end, was awkward to watch.

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