Driven by utter belief and determination, Djokovic took down the Master in an epic four-setter semifinal battle, handing Nadal his third defeat in French Open.
Djokovic defied history, winning the next three sets to set up title clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the final.
Saturday's winner will become a first-time Grand Slam champion.
Djokovic, as it happens, is one of only two men in tennis history who knows what it takes to beat Nadal at Roland Garros. And now Djokovic has done it twice — this time ending Nadal’s bid for a 14th championship there
The 22-year-old needed five match points to complete a 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 win over world No.6 Zverev in three hours and 37 minutes.
Barbora, who is No. 33 in the world at present, was ranked 114 during last year's French Open and had to play a Challenger tournament to prepare for it.
If Anastasia wins, it will be her first title since winning the 2018 Strasbourg tournament. In all, she has won 12 career titles.
The 31st-seeded player defeated unseeded Tamara Zidansek 7-5, 6-3 to become the first Russian woman to reach a final at a major since Maria Sharapova at the 2015 Australian Open.
Both Krawczyk and Salisbury were eliminated in the early stages of the doubles tournament in Paris and turned their focus to the mixed doubles.
The Serb tennis star said he is happy with the kind of tennis he is playing and believes he is capable of defeating Nadal at his own den.
The quarter-final tie was delayed for about 22 minutes while thousands of spectators were cleared out of the stadium court because of an 11 PM coronavirus curfew.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has reached his 40th Grand Slam semifinal after beating ninth-seeded Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5.
Nadal, who turned 35 last week, is now 105-2 for his career at Roland Garros.
The 17th-seeded Greek player said: “I'm speechless. It's a dream coming true."
Despite strong support for her American rival on the day, Barbora Krejcikova prevailed teenage sensation Coco Gauff in straight sets 7-6, 6-3 to reach her maiden French Open semi-finals.
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If Gauff wins, she will be the youngest American woman to reach the final four in Paris since Jennifer Capriati was 14 in 1990.
It will be the youngest matchup in the men's semifinals at Roland Garros since a couple of guys named Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic met in 2008.
The former snowboarder has now become the first woman from Slovenia to reach the semifinals at a major tournament.
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