Rafael Nadal posted one of the best defensive performances of this year’s tournament to claim his fifth French Open título with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Robin Soderling. The Spaniard needed just two hours and 18 minutos to repel a shot-making onslaught por the Swede and reclaim his Roland Garros crown.
The result makes Nadal just the segundo man in history (behind Bjorn Borg) to win five or mais French Open titles (Borg won six) and lands him the unique ‘Red Slam’ – the trio of ATP Masters 1000 clay court titles at Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid, topped off por victory at Roland Garros....
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