"For sure if it becomes 10 it will be my favourite".
"So I'm going to be playing a regular schedule for the second part of the season".
He further stated the French Open has always been a special competition in his career, but believes his achievement on the clay surface can be surpassed in future years. You have to be able to play without thinking.
As the sporting world paid their tributes to the 31-year-old, one tribute stood out among the rest, from his historic rival, Federer.
"I'm a little emotional", Nadal said before getting to clamp his jaws on La Coupe des Mousquetaires.
In terms of the French Open, Nadal narrowly failed to match Bjorn Borg's astonishing 1978 tournament, during which the Swede lost just 32 games - Nadal's total of 35 included a quarter-final that lasted only 10 games as opponent Pablo Correno Busta retired.
Young Austrian Dominic Thiem is third in the ATP race to London, followed by Stan Wawrinka, Alexander Zverev, Djokovic, world number one Andy Murray, and Belgium's David Goffin.
Yesterday was also the first time since 1969 that the Roland Garros featured two men over 30 in the final.
Rafael Nadal has said that winning the title at Wimbledon 2017 will be "complicated" and a lot will depend how his knee behaves.
This season, Nadal has compiled an ATP-best 43-6 match record with four titles.
Nadal became the first person to take 10 championships at the same Grand Slam event.
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"Nine here is probably hard".
He will step down after being at his nephew's side since boyhood.
Lastly, Nadal turned to those closest to him: "I have to thank my family, my team, and especially my uncle, who has worked alongside me all this time".
"I am only going to see my nephew and to see if he does well". It was Nadal's 60th win in a row on clay.
"And I miss play with Wimbledon again".
With the win, Nadal also extended his head-to-head lead over Wawrinka to a stellar 16-3, and improves to a flawless 10-0 in French finals.
Nike released a video paying tribute to the Nadal's incredible dominance at the Open before announcing a commemorative sneaker in his honor.
"Revenge is not part of my vocab".
Spain's Rafael Nadal poses with the winner's trophy a day after he won the men's Roland Garros 2017 French Open on Monday in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in Background. With seven titles and 10 finals under his belt, Federer has reigned supreme at Wimbledon like no other player in this highly competitive era.
Per Newbery, Wawrinka could only praise his opponent and express just how hard it is to play against him in this form: "For sure he's playing the best he's ever played, but not only here".
- Nadal avenged his defeat to the Swede at Roland Garros 12 months earlier.
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