French Open final: Rafael Nadal v Novak Djokovic – in pictures

Alpha jets of the Patrouille de France fly over the central court of the Roland Garros stadium before the start of the match, after the court observed a minute's silence to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images

French umpire Pascal Maria speaks with Djokovic and Nadal before the first serve of the match. Nadal won the toss and opted to receive Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

Boris Becker, Djokovic's coach, watches from the stands Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

The first game goes to the Serbian Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

Djokovic scores the first break of the day to leave Nadal trailing 3-5 Photograph: Kenzo Triboulliard/AFP/Getty Images

Djokovic takes the first set after some pressure from Nadal. The Serb recovers and the set is his, 6-3 Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images

The next set goes to Nadal, 5-7, bringing the two level in an attritional match, with both players struggling to take control Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images

The match continues under the blue skies in Paris Photograph: David Vincent/AP

And Djokovic is starting to struggle! Three games go Nadal's way to leave him trailing the Spaniard 1-4. Is this the beginning of the end? Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images

With the score standing at 5-2 in Nadal's favour, Djokovic looks like he's struggling in the intense heat – at one point throwing his racket to the ground in frustration Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

The third set goes to Nadal as Djokovic starts to look like a man mentally beaten after he sends the ball flying past the baseline and conceding a second set to Nadal 6-2. Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images

Nadal prepares to serve as the fourth set proves to be a little more difficult, and Djokovic finds some reserves to mount a defence. The score stands at 2 games each Photograph: Stephan Mahe/Reuters

After drawing even for most of the fourth set, Djokovic loses the sixth game after hitting the ball long. Nadal now has the advantage with the fourth set standing at 4-2 Photograph: Michel Spingler/AP

Although looking dominant up until this point, Nadal starts to look tired as he concedes the break back to Djokovic, with the Serbian serving with three games to Nadal's four Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

The game goes to Djokovic, and he draws level 4-4. The crowd are loving this performance, and start chanting 'Novak, Novak! Will Djokovic be able to pull himself back into the contention? Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Sadly its not to be. After conceding the game to Nadal, Djokovic soon finds himself serving on match point. After choking after throwing the ball up for a serve, the crowd starts calling, and are desparately hushed by the umpire. Unfortunately, seemingly spooked, Djokovic serves a double fault, and Nadal collapses in tears Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images