Rafael Nadal will meet Novak Djokovic in the final of the Italian Open on Sunday.
Our champ is competing in an astounding 50th Masters 1000 final (33-16) and has a clear history of success in Rome. 
Photo via Getty ImagesDate: May 19, 2019
Match time: 4 PM local time / 10 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 3 PM BST – United Kingdom / 4 PM CEST – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / midnight AEST – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
The two have played each other 53 times. The current head to head is 28 to 25 in favour of Djokovic, who also won nine of their last 11 meeting.
Rafa has been dominant on clay, claiming 16 of their 23 matches on the surface, while the pair are locked at 2-2 in Rome finals. This is their eighth meeting in Rome.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP Tour
CONGRATULATIONS Rafa, on your brilliant win🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆. Thank you, for believing in yourself. You were absolutely damn good.
Love you always dear Rafa.
Im your die hard fan. 💙💙💙💖💖💖💙💖💛💚❤❤🍾🥂🥂🥂🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
Over the moon here in our house.Congratulations to Rafa.Thrilled to bits for Rafa,his family ,team,and his wonderful fans,all of whom are with him 100% through good times and bad.Just beautiful.
Well don Rafa I’m happy for you,play so good vamossssssssss champ amazing job don congratulations,love your fans for ever 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪😘💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆❤️❤️🎾😘💪🏆🏆😘😘❤️❤️🏆😘🎾❤️🌎🌎
OUR BRILLIANT TENNIS GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) GOAT OF SHEER BEAUTIFUL CLASSY TENNIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) GOAT OF ALL TENNIS TIME RAFA NADAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PRECIOUS BEAUTIFUL STRIKING CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) MAGICAL RAFA IN ULTIMATE BEAUTY AND CLASS AND TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WE LOVED SEEING THE NET BALL YOURS THIS TIME…….NICE & LUCKY! : ) ………CI………..CI…………CI…………. BEAUTIFULLY LANDED SHORT ON HIS SIDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WE LOVE YOU DEAR RAFA AND LOVED YOUR SPARKLY ENERGY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) SPLENDID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: ) SOLID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) HUNKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) MAGICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) EVERYTHING YOU DID WAS JUST A TESTIMONEY OF YOUR GREATNESS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) BEAUTIFUL TENNIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) POWERFUL…………STRONG……………..GIFTED……………EXTRAORDINARY AND FILLED WITH YOUR PRECIOUS DRIVE AND SUBSTANCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE OUR MOST FAVORITE GOAT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) GO RAFA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WE LOVE YOU AND VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) MUCHAS GRACIAS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOUR UNMATCHED ENDURANCE AND SHINNING PASSION AND BEST EVER WINNING DRIVE ARE DISPLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND YOU HAVE THESE GIFTS AND QUALITIES THAT ARE HIGHEST AMONGST ALL PLAYERS………..HIGHEST IN TENNIS HISTORY …………………AND KUDOS TO YOU SWEETHEART FOR KNOWING YOUR BRILLIANT STRENGTH INSIDE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WE LOVED EVERYTHING ESPECIALLY WATCHING YOUR ABILITY AND SKILL EXPRESSED RIGHT OUT ALMOST BAGELLING HIM TWICE IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOUR TWO WIN SETS 6 : 0 AND 6 : 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) IT WAS TIME YOU TOOK HIM TO THE CLEANERS SWEETHEART AND YOU BRIGHTLY DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS PRECIOUS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VERY BEAUTIFUL EFFORTS AND STRIKING SPEEDY MOVEMENT AND BEAUTIFUL EFFECTIVE SERVE AND MANY MANY MANY GORGEOUS POWERFUL SHARP RETURNS……….AND YOUR TOP TOP TOP COURT COMMAND……….AND DOING IT ALL IN SUCH CLASSY RAFA NADAL INSTINCTIVE TENNIS GENIUS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU HAVE A BLESSED GOLDEN TOUCH SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) ENJOY EVERYTHING DEAR RAFA AND HAVE LOTS OF FUN CELEBRATING WITH YOUR LOVED ONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE HEROIC AND MAGICAL AND BLESSED AND THE ITALIANS AND YOUR MILLIONS OF GLOBAL FANS ALL LOVE YOU AND RESPECT YOUR UNWAVERING FIGHTING AND HARD WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WE SAW TODAY THE TRUTH OF YOUR BRILLIANCE MAGICALLY UNFOLDING ON THE COURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WHAT IS MOST PRECIOUS IS THAT YOU ARE SO TACTFULLY HUMAN AND DOWN TO EARTH BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) THAT’S WHY WE ALL LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) ENJOY EVERYTHING AND AGAIN MUCHAS GRACIAS FOR ALL THE BEAUTY YOU BRING TO TENNIS WITH EACH POINT YOU PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
WE LOVE YOU SWEETHEART AND SENDING LOTS OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS AND VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) ENJOY A BREAK BETWEEN TOURS AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) LOVE YOUR BELOVED TEAM AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED FAMILY……..ALL THERE FOR YOU WITH THEIR HEARTS AND SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) KEEP SMILING SWEETHEART! : ) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY for Rafa and HAPPY for moi.
RAFAMAZING ROCKS
Rafa bagels Djokovic. Rafa wins #9 Rome title. RAFA IS THE MAN.
RAFAMAZING ROCKS
HOLD ON RAFA. HOLD ON AND KEEP FIGHTING!
Alez Rafa fans,
Rafa has won his 34th ATP Masters 1000!!!!!!!
Congrats
But, as always, we’d see………cheers
If Rafa doesn’t win this match it will be more disastrous for his mental make up than ever. He’s given away the second set. Became defensive and didn’t keep the pressure on.
Can just hope and pray for a win.
VAMOS
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Nadal has thrown it away! Nadal has thrown it away!!!
Djokovic wins….
Oh ye of little faith!
Maria, you ought to be happy I didn’t see your comment until now!!!! STOP being such a meanie.
RAFAMAZING ROCKED THE ROME MASTERS
Yeah, Djokovic may have lost the first set 6 -0, but he still knows exactly what to do to win.
Nadal has started floundering………….
But, as always, we’d see………………….
Fantastic Rafa! The forehand is working like a dream. Don’t ease up.