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Before the final, Casper Ruud had said that facing Rafa Nadal in the last match at Roland Garros was “the biggest challenge in sport”. And he was right: the Spaniard overturned the Norwegian in three sets (6-3, 6-3, 6-0), he won the French Open for the 14th time and reached a historic 22nd Grand Slam of his career, further distancing himself from Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
Clay King x 14 ????@Rafael Nadal remains undefeated in the Paris finals, beating Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 for a 14th title#Roland Garros pic.twitter.com/GctcC17Ah8
– Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2022
The game itself has little history. And that data reveals the dominance shown by Nadal in relation to Ruud. The Spanish tennis player dominated the entire match, winning the last establish with a resounding 6-0 in which the Norwegian, currently number 8 in the classification ATP, only won seven points. Nadal already has 22 Grand Slams, two more than Djokovic and Federer, and has reached his 14th title at Roland Garros, extending the distance to Max Decugis’s eight (with the Frenchman’s victories between 1903 and 1914).
Nadal thus returned to the path of victory in his favorite setting after last season’s loss in the semifinals and crowned in the best way a very difficult season plagued by injuries, with the Spanish tennis player injured at the Rome Masters less than a year ago. year. does. month. At 36 years old, Nadal achieved in Paris what is probably the greatest feat in the history of tennis and one of the greatest in international sport, reaching numbers that will hardly be equaled.
is your moment @Rafael Nadal ????#Roland Garros pic.twitter.com/Qg35kC7TGM
– Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2022
“I want to thank my team, my family, everyone who is always there. It’s fantastic… The things that happened this year. I wanna thank you much. Without you this would not be possible and without a doubt that without you it would already be reformed. Thanks to everyone who made this event possible. For me and for many lovers of the history of this sport, it is the best tournament in the world. It’s hard to explain what I feel. Of course, I didn’t think I’d be here, at the age of 36, playing one more final in the court most important of my career. It means a lot. I just want to say: merci, merci beaucoup [obrigado, muito obrigado]”, Said the tennis player, who had the support of King Felipe VI in the stands and did not hide his tears of emotion when he heard the Spanish anthem for the fourteenth time on the clay of the French capital.
Source: Observadora
