3:25 pm - 06/11/2012
PARIS – Rafael Nadal had to wait a while for history, but he made it just the same
Nadal captured his Open-era record seventh French Open crown, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the rain-suspended men's final at Roland Garros. Nadal breaks his tie with Bjorn Borg at the clay-court major.
It is Nadal's 11th Grand Slam title, moving him into a tie for fourth all time with Rod Laver and Borg, trailing only Roger Federer (16), Pete Sampras (14) and Roy Emerson (12).
He also ends Djokovic's streak of three consecutive Grand Slam titles, denying the world No. 1 a chance to become the first since Rod Laver to own all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. Djokovic had defeated Nadal in the three previous Slam finals, including a nearly six-hour match at the Australian Open in January.
Nadal runs his record at Roland Garros to 52-1.
The match picked up Monday with Djokovic serving at 2-1 in the fourth set, and he was immediately broken. There were no more break points, until championship point. Djokovic double faulted to end the match.
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Rafael Nadal captures record seventh French Open crown
PARIS – Rafael Nadal had to wait a while for history, but he made it just the same
Nadal captured his Open-era record seventh French Open crown, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the rain-suspended men's final at Roland Garros. Nadal breaks his tie with Bjorn Borg at the clay-court major.
It is Nadal's 11th Grand Slam title, moving him into a tie for fourth all time with Rod Laver and Borg, trailing only Roger Federer (16), Pete Sampras (14) and Roy Emerson (12).
He also ends Djokovic's streak of three consecutive Grand Slam titles, denying the world No. 1 a chance to become the first since Rod Laver to own all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. Djokovic had defeated Nadal in the three previous Slam finals, including a nearly six-hour match at the Australian Open in January.
Nadal runs his record at Roland Garros to 52-1.
The match picked up Monday with Djokovic serving at 2-1 in the fourth set, and he was immediately broken. There were no more break points, until championship point. Djokovic double faulted to end the match.
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eaux @ the mod who rejected my post about visa champs day 2 because it should be in "ontd_sports" lol i hope you didn't approve this post because last i checked this happens to be a post about tennis (aka a sport) and not about rafa and nole having a sex tape or smh.
Edited at 2012-06-11 02:58 pm (UTC)
(Mine had more pictures)
w/e, would you like me to include the pix, or should I just leave them in the comments?
He's one of my fave austen dudes, ngl. I even like him better than darcy.
my bff is serbian and she's obsessed with tennis so i can't help the love for djokovic.
but i am happy for nadal :)
Edited at 2012-06-11 03:02 pm (UTC)
Go, Raffa. I hope his knees are feeling better, though.
I hope the stars align and we get to see just one more Federer/Nadal Grand Slam final. I don't care who wins. I love them both and think it's one of the greatest rivalries in the history of sports.