 Novak Djokovic vs Rafa Nadal is the final of the Rome Masters for 2021. And both players have had to fight their way through a tough opposition to get to this stage. Nadal came into the Rome Open as the number two seed, getting a buy in the first round. His second round opponent was against Young Gun, Janik Sinner, but Rafa was too strong, getting through in straight sets, 7-5-6-4. His third round opponent, number 13 seed, Denyshapov Arlov, Rafa had to fight his way through a tough three setter, saving a couple of match points in the third set to eventually prevail 3-6-6-4-7-6. His quarterfinal opponent was number six seed, Alexander Zverev, who had beaten him this time last week in the Madrid quarterfinals. But on this occasion, Rafa was too strong, winning in straight sets, 6-3-6-4. His semi-final opponent was against big serving American, Riley Opelka. And although Opelka had been very impressive this week, it was Rafa who got through in straight sets, 6-4-6-4 to advance to the final. The world number one Novak Djokovic entered the Rome Open in need of some form and had a buy in the first round. His second round opponent was against Taylor Fritz. And after a rain delay in the second, Djokovic got through in straight sets, 6-3-7-6. His third round opponent was against a young Spanish qualifier, Devadovich Fakina. And Djokovic was too strong, winning in straight sets, 6-2-6-1. In the quarterfinals, he was taking on number five seed and Monte Carlo champion, Stefano Sitsipas. And after multiple rain delays, this match was played over two days, with Djokovic coming back in both the second and third sets to win, 4-6-7-5-7-5. In the semi-finals, Djokovic would have to play local favourite, Lorenzo Sonigo, a player who had beaten him pretty handedly in Vienna last year. And even though he dropped the second set, Djokovic looked too strong, winning in 3-6-3-6-7-6-2 and advancing to the final. This would be the 57th time that we've seen these two greats play against each other and it'll be the fifth time they've played in a Rome final, with the head-to-head split at 29-27 in favour of Djokovic and 2-2 in Rome finals. The last time these two played, they played at the French Open last year with Nadal winning in straight sets, giving a bagel to the world number one. And the last time they played in Rome, two years ago, Nadal also won a set 6-love against Djokovic. If Raph is going to win this battle, he's going to have to play really strong. He's going to have to be very aggressive and he's going to have to keep the errors down, which is what he's been struggling with over the last couple of months. If Djokovic is going to win, he's going to have to forget about what happened at the French Open last year in that final. It was not even close and he's going to have to be aggressive and push Nadal around and hope that Nadal doesn't play his best. It's always a tough one to pick when these goats go up against each other, but I'm going to go with Rafa to win this one in three sets. I think that he hasn't played as much tennis this week and he hasn't been on court as long as Djokovic has over the last couple of days. So I'm going to go with Rafa to win this one in three, but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one?