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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic
clenches his fist as he
plays Argentina’s Diego
Schwartzman during
their third round match of
the French Open tennis
tournament at the Roland
Garros stadium, Friday, June
2, 2017 in Paris.
Associated Press
All so difficult

for Djokovic,

easy for Nadal

HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
PARIS (AP) — From a tiff
with the chair umpire to
the big deficit he created
and then needed to over-
come in a steady rain, No-
vak Djokovic had an all-
around difficult day at the
French Open.
Rafael Nadal’s journey to
the fourth round, in con-
trast, could hardly have
been easier. Indeed,
his 100th best-of-five-set
match on clay was also
the most lopsided.
The stark numbers on the
scoreboards at Court
Philippe Chatrier revealed
plenty about how differ-
ently things went in the
back-to-back contests Fri- Kevin Durant’s Warriors
day for defending cham-
pion Djokovic and nine- are becoming
time champion Nadal. First
up in the main stadium at unbeatable
Roland Garros was Nadal,
who won 82 points and
conceded merely 36 in a Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35)
dunks against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the
6-0, 6-1, 6-0 victory over first half of Game 1 of basketball’s NBA Finals in
63rd-ranked Nikoloz Basi- Oakland, Calif., Thursday, June 1, 2017.
lashvili. Associated Press
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