At a glance

LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will be playing each other for the 58th time when they meet in the French Open semifinals. That is the most matchups between any two men in the professional era of tennis. Djokovic leads 29-28 overall, but Nadal leads 10-6 in Slam matchups and 7-1 at Roland Garros, including a straight-set victory in last year’s final. The other men’s semifinal Friday features

No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece against

No. 6 Alexander Zverev of Germany. Nadal is seeking his 14th championship in Paris and 21st Slam title overall, which would break a tie he has with Roger Federer for the most by a man in tennis history. Djokovic is bidding for a 19th Slam trophy and a second at the French. Nadal owns a 105-2 career record at the clay-court major tournament — and Djokovic is responsible for one of those defeats, which came in the 2015 quarterfinals. Neither Tsitsipas nor Zverev has played in a French final or won a Slam title.

THURSDAY’S KEY RESULTS Women’s singles semifinals:

No. 31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Tamara Zidansek 7-5, 6-3; Barbora Krejcikova beat No. 17 Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7.

STAT OF THE DAY

52 — Number of Slam appearances for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before reaching her first major final, the most by a women’s tennis player.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I told myself, ‘Just fight, fight, fight until the last point.’ I’m happy that I was really fighting.” — Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova, after reaching her first Slam final by saving one match point and converting her fifth