| Dates: 22 May-5 June Venue: Roland Garros, Paris |
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The biggest challenge one can have is at the French Open, where Novak Djokovic will play 13-time champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
The pair, who have 41 Grand Slam titles between them, continue their rivalry with a men's record 59th meeting.
The Court Philippe-Chatrier night session starts at 19:45 BST.
I like the way I hit the ball. Defending champion Djokovic said he was ready.
It is going to be a big challenge for me because I haven't played these kind of matches for three months.
Since losing to world number one Novak Djokovic in the Paris clay court semi-finals, Nadal has not played the Serbian.
The head-to-head record is 30-28 in favor of the Serbian.
When Nadal won his 21st singles title at the Australian Open in January, he moved ahead of Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Switzerland's Roger Federer in terms of Grand Slam men's singles titles.
Since the draw was made, there has been a lot of interest in a potential last-eight meeting between two of the sport's greats.
The first of the two to advance to the quarter-finals was Novak Djokovic, who beat Diego Schwartzman to maintain his record of not dropping a set at the French Open this year.
In his last-16 match against Felix Auger-Aliassime, Nadal dropped the first two sets but recovered to win.
When the draw came out for a lot of people, it was obvious that it would be a well- anticipated match.
I was glad that I didn't spend a lot of time on the court myself up to the quarter-finals, because he is always a physical battle.
Following a disrupted start to the season, Novak Djokovic has been building up towards his best form in recent weeks.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was deported from Australia and not allowed to play at the opening Grand Slam event, then banned from entering the United States because he was not up to date on the Covid-19 vaccine.
He came into the French Open on the back of winning the Italian Open, after an early exit at Monte Carlo.
He said that it was the biggest challenge he could have faced at the French Open.
I'm ready for it. I will focus on what I have to do. I like my chances.
The most unexpected win of Nadal's career was his victory in the Australian Open final, which he described as the most exciting win of his career.
Last year, Nadal feared his career was over because of a chronic foot problem which restricted him to only one tournament in the final seven months of the year.
After his success in Australia, Nadal had a stressFracture of his rib at Indian Wells in March.
He missed six weeks of the tour because of the foot injury, but returned to action in Madrid to reach the quarter-finals, only to have the foot problem flare up again.
At reaching a 16th French Open quarter-final, Nadal says he can't complain.
Two weeks and a half ago, even if I had good hopes after Rome, I didn't know if I would be able to be here.
I am enjoying the fact that I will be here for one more year. I don't know if the last match I play here will be the last match in my tennis career. That is my situation now.
I am trying to enjoy as much as possible and fight as much as I can to keep living the dream.
There was talk about when the match would be scheduled, even before the two players won their fourth-round ties.
The hotter day conditions suit Nadal's top-spin forehand and he prefers to play in the evening.
Other considerations for the French Open were the demands of television rights-holders and falling short in their commitment to having gender equality in the split between men and women's matches in the prime time night slot.
The match was made free to watch in France by Amazon on their Prime Video mobile and web apps after it was picked for the night session.
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