Rafael Nadal has established himself as one of the all time greatest clay court tennis players after defeating Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to win a third consecutive Roland Garros (The French Open) title in Paris. The Spaniard Rafael Nadal is only 21 years old and has already joined Bjorn Borg as the only players to win three straight Roland Garros titles.
Nadal improved his perfect Roland Garros record to 21-0 and his career record in best-of-five-set format matches on clay to 34-0.
For the second consecutive year, the ATP World Number 1 Roger Federer was denied a career Grand Slam by Nadal in a four-set Roland Garros final. Federer was disputing his eighth consecutive Grand Slam final, and trying to chase his 11th title from the past 16 Grand Slam tournaments.
Nadal achieved his third Grand Slam title in just his 13th Grand Slam tournament. Only Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe (12 majors) claimed their third Grand Slam tournament from fewer Grand Slam outings.
During his Roland Garros dominance over the past three years, Nadal has won 63 of 70 sets. He did not drop a set this year en route to the final.
Nadal’s record in finals improved to a stunning 22-4 and his career clay court record moved to 128-13.
Nadal, you’re the man… Vamos Rafa!!
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Vamos Rafa !
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