Djokovic & Nadal looking to become record collectors

No man has won seven French Open titles and no man in 43 years has won four grand slams in a row - and only one of these dreams will be realized at the French Open after Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic on Friday set up a lip-smacking final showdown.

Djokovic claimed he was "not good with numbers", but even he knew how high the stakes were as he turned what should have been a tug-of-war semi-final against Roger Federer into a one-way 6-4 7-5 6-3 romp.

The top seed's reward for reaching his first French Open showpiece was a Sunday date with Nadal - a man Martina Navratilova calls an "amazing" claycourt "anomaly" - after the Spaniard pulverized his "good mate" David Ferrer 6-2 6-2 6-1.    (Reuters)
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