The sporting world witnessed Rafael Nadal make yet more history at Roland Garros, yesterday, as the King of Clay comprehensively defeated Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to lift his TENTH French Open title.
Nadal is now 43-6 on the season and boasts a staggering 79-2 record at the clay-court Grand Slam. The Swedish tennis great Bjorn Borg holds the record from the 1978 French Open when he only lost 32 games en route to winning the title.
Wawrinka's monstrous groundstrokes allowed him to blast Novak Djokovic off the court in the final here two years ago, however Nadal's heavy top spin, generated from his ominous forehand wing, consistency kept his opponent at bay. His career tally sits at 15 Grand Slam titles, passing Pete Sampras (14) but still behind Roger Federer (18).
2 - Nadal has only ever lost two matches at the French Open in 13 years.
The former world number one is eager to get back to competition in 2017 after a 10-week layoff.
"It was hard", said Nadal's uncle and coach, Toni.
"You know, on paper, when you look at the scores, it all seems fairly easy". However, say he accumulates around 100 more weeks at number one, plays until age 35 of later, and wins three Slams at Wimbledon, Melbourne, or Flushing Meadows, then he has a legitimate case.
"A ideal Roland Garros for me", Nadal said. And I miss playing well at Wimbledon.
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"I had too many problems on my knee, so I was not able to practise at all. And when you play well, you have the chance to play more aggressive".
Rafael Nadal celebrates his 10th French Open title with three quarters of a million dollars on his wrist. This was the third occasion (2008, 2010 & 2017) that Nadal had won at Roland Garros without dropping a set.
Injury problems were followed by a loss of confidence in 2015 and, just when he had got his game working well again at Roland Garros past year, his body let him down once more.
But this will be his last season on tour, with the 56-year-old stepping aside at the end of the year to focus on the family's tennis academy in Majorca.
Federer is next in line to qualify for the event, for which he is a near certainty after winning the Australian Open earlier this year.
He dominated the clay court season with titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid.
"There have been magical things that happened in this tournament for me". I'm going to have doubts even in a few days, because in tennis every week is a new story and that's part of the handsome thing of our sport. During those three years, I had doubts. (There) have been some tough moments with injuries, so it's great to have (a) big success like this again. I am happy because I have been working a lot to be where I am today. "I do [it] every day".
"I'm going to come back and I'm going to try my best".
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