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Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their Men's Singles final tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, on Sunday, June 10, in Paris.

Both men have history riding on the outcome of this match. For Rafael Nadal, it's a record-breaking seven French Open titles, surpassing the previous record holder, Bjorn Borg. For Novak Djokovic, he'd be the first man since 1969 to hold four consecutive Grand Slam titles.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Rafael Nadal of Spain during their men's singles final match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris Sunday, June 10.

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