Italian Open Loss to Novak Djokovic Puts Rafael Nadal in Strange Role: French Open Underdog

Novak Djokovic's three-set victory over Rafael Nadal in the finals of the Italian Open marked Rafa's third clay-court defeat this season. Nadal hadn't lost three clay-court matches in the same season in a decade. Nadal could head to next week's French Open without being the favorite.
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