One more victory on the red clay will make

PARIS -- Rafael Nadal is going for No. 9 at the French Open, and the only man that can stop him is Novak Djokovic. Nadal is already a record eight-time champion with a lifetime 65-1 record at Roland Garros. One more victory on the red clay will make him the first man to win five in a row and give him his 14th Grand Slam title -- tied in second place with Pete Sampras. The top-seeded Spaniard reached the final by beating Wimbledon champion Andy Murray 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Friday on Court Philippe Chatrier, the stadium Nadal calls his favourite place to play. Djokovic defeated Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first semifinal. Nadal has beaten Djokovic at the French Open in all five of their meetings, starting with a quarterfinal victory in 2006. They also met in the semifinals in 2007, 08 and 13, and in the final in 2012. The second-seeded Djokovic, however, has beaten Nadal the last four times they have played, including on clay in the final in Rome last month. "Im going to try to be aggressive, because that is the only way I can win against him," Djokovic said. "I know that, of course, this is the court hes most dominant on. He has only lost one time in his career. This is where he plays his best." The winner on Sunday will also be ranked No. 1 on Monday. Nadal is currently at the top, but needs to extend his French Open winning streak to 35 matches to stay there. He certainly played like the No. 1 on Friday. Nadal jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first set, then broke early again in the second and third sets. The Spaniard had six break points in the entire match, and converted each one. Murray, meanwhile, couldnt even manage to earn a single break point. Besides his eight titles at the French Open, Nadal has also won twice at Wimbledon, twice at the U.S. Open and once at the Australian Open. Sampras won 14 major titles in his career, but never the French Open. The record holder is Roger Federer with 17 Grand Slam titles. 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We would have kept the series going.The 14-year veteran signed a one-year deal with the Blackhawks after the Rangers bought out the final six years of his nine-year, $60 million contract.Its obvious that a nine-year deal going to New York is a lot different than a one-year deal coming into a team that won two Cups, Richards said. I was fortunate enough that I could be picky in the summer and try to find a good fit, and here we are.Its funny, because now Im on the team they beat to get to us.Daniel Carcillo also scored for Chicago, and Brandon Saad added an empty-net goal with 1:49 remaining. Corey Crawford made 19 saves in helping the Blackhawks end their road trip 5-1.Halfway through the trip we were kind of on the bubble, right around a playoff spot, and we talked about trying to gain ground and gain momentum going into the second 20 games, Richards said. We did a great job of that. We had big tests against good teams and we piled up five out of six, which is huge.Jordan Nolan scored for Los Angeles, and Quick stopped 21 shots.Trailing 2-0, the Kings got on the board at 5:53 of the second period when defenceman Jake Muzzins slap shot from the left point hit the shaft of Nolans stick and fluttered between Crawfords pads.It was the first goal in 14 games this season for Nolan, who would have been a healthy scratch if not for Marian Gaboriks upper-body injury.Chicago regained its two-goal margin at 8:14 of the second on a rush in which four playerss touched the puck in the Kings end.dddddddddddd Richards converted Michal Rozsivals pass at the left of the net for his sixth goal and third in two games.Its nice when the team starts rolling and you feel like youre helping, said Richards, who is playing on a line with Kris Versteeg and Patrick Kane. Every day it feels more like its my team. It takes a little bit to feel like youre a part of everything on and off the ice.Carcillo opened the scoring at 1:52 of the first, batting in his own rebound after the Kings won a faceoff in their zone and turned over the puck.We didnt have a good first period and we put ourselves behind the eight ball right away, forward Anze Kopitar said. It doesnt matter who youre playing in this league, catch-up hockey is not easy.Just 28 seconds after serving Crawfords penalty for tripping Justin Williams at the edge of the crease, Versteeg took the puck away from Quick and Matt Greene behind the net and found Richards at the left of the crease for a one-timer that beat Quick with 2:01 left in the first.Theyre a tough team to come back on because theyre a great defending team, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. Theyre the best team in the league through the first two months of the year, and thats clear. If youre going to give them two goals youre probably going to get your butt kicked. Thats exactly what happened.NOTES: Kings D Alec Martinez, who knocked the Blackhawks out of the playoffs with an overtime goal, missed his seventh straight game because of an upper-body injury. ... This was the sixth time this season that Kane and Jonathan Toews both failed to get a point for the Blackhawks, and the first time the team won (1-4-1). ... Chicagos only power-play opportunity came when Robyn Regehr was sent off for hooking with 10:37 left in the third period. ... The Blackhawks entered Saturday averaging the second-fewest penalty minutes in the NHL (7.5) and a league-best penalty-killing percentage of 90.9. They were short-handed twice in each of their previous four games, and three times against the Kings. ' ' '