Nadal chasing record 21st Major

Iga Swiatek has the form to defend the women’s crown

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will set their sights on more Grand Slam history at the French Open as Roland-Garros embraces a new but eerily empty era of night-time tennis. A 14th title for Nadal would take him to a record-setting 21st Major, surpassing the mark he shares with Roger Federer who has already written off his hopes of adding to his lone success in the French capital back in 2009. Djokovic, the champion in 2016, can move to 19 Grand Slam titles with victory. That would make the World No. 1 the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four Majors on multiple occasions. Only one of the sport’s ‘Big Three’ will make the June 13 final after the draw placed top seed Djokovic, third seed Nadal and eighth-seeded Federer in the same half of the draw.