Preview: Nadal vs Djokovic

Rafael Nadal is bidding for a seventh French Open crown in Paris. Credit: Reuters

History beckons at Roland Garros today as Novak Djokovic bids to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once, meanwhile Rafael Nadal is hoping to secure his seventh French Open title - which would take him past the record he currently shares with Bjorn Borg.

Remarkably, Djokovic and Nadal are meeting in their fourth straight Grand Slam final, all of which have so far been won by the former.

However, the pair have yet to clash on the red clay in Paris in a final. Spaniard Nadal's route through to the final has been relatively straight forward, losing only 35 games en-route.

Roger Federer described Nadal as the "overwhelming favourite" ahead of the match.

Victory at the Australian Open in January extended Djokovic's winning streak over Nadal to seven matches, all of them finals, but the Spaniard has won the last two, in Monte Carlo and Rome.

Nadal has also beaten Djokovic in all of their three previous meetings at Roland Garros, which came three years in a row from 2006.

Were Djokovic to win and hold all four titles at the same time, he would achieve something neither Nadal nor Federer have managed.

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