Nadal takes flight to defeat Schwartzman and will seek his thirteenth title in Paris

The sun rose in Paris and with it shone the face of a player willing to continue rewriting history in this unusual edition of Roland Garros.

will seek his thirteenth title on Sunday after beating

6-3, 6-3 and 7-6 (0), in a game where he showed that he is ready to try to extend his reign and equal the 20 Grand titles

slam

.

The appointment demanded one more step before an adversary that came like a shot.

Nadal gave it and added his 99th victory in this competition.

The final, against the winner of the match between

and

, also offers the complement of a round figure, which would be another embodiment of his exceptional work on these tracks for three decades.

The first game was a declaration of intent from the applicant.

Nadal won it with a crossed backhand, after 13 minutes and two

adverse

balls

.

The combat was suspected of aúpa.

In his first semifinal of a great, Schwartzman, with the colors of his beloved Boca Juniors even on his shoes, applied judgment and did not hesitate to take the initiative as soon as the opportunity presented itself.

The Argentine was shooting;

the left-handed man protected himself.

But the Buenosairean had a problem with the service, which he failed to sustain in the first two games.

When he played with seconds, he lost a lot of track, he was at the mercy of Nadal, who began to obtain revenue with the drive.

Nadal changed the heights well, he did not hesitate to throw hollow balls with which to misalign his opponent's movements.

The final was presented with good seasonings.

The man who had defeated the 12-time Roland Garros champion in Rome challenged him again in his sacred square, and did so with the extended credit of liquidating

, finalist of the tournament in the last two editions and recent winner of the tournament in the

quarterfinals.

US Open.

The ardor shown in the five hours and eight minutes of confrontation with Thiem relaunched the options of Schwartzman, little given to be daunted, as long as he did not pay a physical bill.

One more march>

Unlike the match at the Foro Italico, this time Nadal served better, he had the help of the service in compromised situations.

The crossed backhand, for which he sighed in previous days, led him to the second set ball, but he needed one more, until he found collaboration with a backhand from the opposite of the net.

Nadal, however, had one more point of risk and expertise when he needed it.

There he also signaled status in a tight first quarter, which was above the hour.

Schwartzman, who will debut in the

on Monday

, jumping to number eight in the ranking, is a fairly stable tennis player who accepts situations well.

He tried to stay in a match where Nadal raised his tone, just as the semifinal demanded.

If until now a discreet version had been enough, without contrasting enemies on the way, it was time to put one more gear and, as usual, he did.

It is no coincidence that in 16 appearances in the tournament he has only suffered two defeats.

At 34 years old, and in conditions unlike any other, he still maintains an authority that is very difficult to question.

Schwartzman forced him like no other tennis player in this tournament and he retorted accordingly.

Champion in Acapulco at the beginning of the year and a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open, the defender of the cup appeared in the French capital with hardly any filming, once he resigned from the United States Open.

The deficit, quite common among tennis players, could be exacerbated in a man who needs miles to burn.

The Buenos Aires native was still there, without lowering his arms even with a broken back in the second set.

He won the praise of the few fans with a

parallel

from the right in the race that his opponent would have signed.

Nothing diminished his commendable spirit, although his aspirations were beginning to be greatly diminished as the number two in the world could be seen performing his best repertoire.

Schwartzman asked for an extension when the matter got very sensitive for him.

He saved three breakage threats in the eighth game of the second set, which would have left him 5-2 down to the rest.

It was clear that for him it was not going to be, but the fence was narrowing without remedy.

He lost the set soon after and found himself at an early disadvantage in the third.

He reversed it, returned twice from individual

and created three balls to reach 6-5 and serve.

There the best Nadal emerged, with three responses of maximum precision.

He did not want to wear himself out for a minute longer than necessary, knowing that in the final he will need all his reserves and take another leap in quality.

In the tiebreaker, how much there was of Diego was exhausted.

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