When is Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic? French Open 2021 favourites could meet in Roland Garros semi-finals. Rafael Nadal is chasing a 14th French Open title, already comfortably the most successful player at any grand slam tournament in the open era. He is, unsurprisingly, the favourite at Roland Garros with the bookmakers effectively flipping a coin between him and the rest of the field in the pre-tournament odds. His biggest rival is the man who starts as world No 1 and top seed in the draw. Novak Djokovic, the 2016 French Open champion who already has 18 grand slam titles to his name, is desperate to overhaul Nadal and Roger Federer at the top of the all-time list on 20. As such, there was much anticipation for the French Open draw ahead of the tournament; Nadal is ranked No 3 in the world at present, meaning he was not guaranteed to drop into the opposite half from Djokovic. Sure enough the partially random draw dropped Nadal into the top half, meaning he will, if both men go that far, meet the world No 1 in the semi-final. The scheduling of the French Open means that the two men are slated to play on the afternoon of Friday 11 June, with the exact start time to be confirmed the day before.
