King of Clay Nadal wins French Open

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Spanish tennis legend and all time French Open Slam winner Rafeal Nadal have successfully engrave his name in gold as he beats Swiss tennis star Stan Wawrinka in a three-set run that ended in favour of the Spaniard. 

Rafael Nadal won his first French Open title at the age of 19 in 2005Nadal 31, came through 6-3 6-2 6-1 to conquer third seed Stan Wawrinka in a clay-court contest that saw the Spaniard displaying the reason why he is regarded "King of Clay". 
He becomes the only tennis player in an Open era to have won a grand slam tournament 10 times in count. 


He extends his win at Rolland Garros to 79  and two losses since his first victory in 2005. With his first defeat coming against Robin Soderling in 2009 and Novak Djokovic in 2014, Nadal has always soared liked a triumphant lion in his overall success in Clay. 
With a total of 15 grand slam, Rafeal moves second place above Pete Sampras while standing right behind all time Roger Federer who has won 18th slam titles. 
The Swiss dealt mercilessly with the Spaniard at the January Aussie Open to claim his 18th.    
Martina Navratilova won Wimbledon nine times, while Roger Federer and Pete Sampras are the only post-war players among a group of six men to have won a Grand Slam seven times. 
Apart from Australia's Margareth Court who has won the Aussie Open 11times, 1960-1973, Nadal stands firm as the only player to have repeated same feat in an Open era.   
It was an incredible win, this win, this tenth win, is very special. Thank you very much. I’m very emotional, I’m sorry my French is very bad.
I play my best in all events but the feeling I have here is impossible to describe and you can’t compare it. The nerves and adrenaline I feel on this court is impossible to compare. It’s the most important event in my career.
See facts below;

  • 2005 - beat Mariano Puerta (Argentina) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-1 7-5
  • 2006 - beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
  • 2007 - beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4
  • 2008 - beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-1 6-3 6-0
  • 2010 - beat Robin Soderling (Sweden) 6-4 6-2 6-4
  • 2011 - beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 6-1
  • 2012 - beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5
  • 2013 - beat David Ferrer (Spain) 6-3 6-2 6-3
  • 2014 - beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4
  • 2017 - beat Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) 6-2 6-3 6-1

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