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Date of born
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ROLAND GARROS 2005
At the age of 19, the Mallorcan celebrated his first Grand Slam title by beating Mariano Puerta (6-7, 6-3, 6-1 and 7-5) at Roland Garros, where he would end up building his player legend a long time later. invincible on clay. Nadal, who made his debut that season in the second big of the course, confirmed his candidacy for the title by getting rid of Roger Federer in the semifinals. -
ROLAND GARROS 2006
Exposed to the pressure of being the top candidate for the title in Paris, Nadal successfully defended his crown at Philippe Chatrier by beating Federer (1-6, 6-1, 6-4 and 7-6) in the decisive match. The victory confirmed that the Mallorcan was not a flower of a day, far from it, and he continued to write the first pages of the history of Spanish in the elite. -
ROLAND GARROS 2007
With his third consecutive trophy in Paris, Nadal achieved something that no one had accomplished since Sweden's Borg, when he put together a similar streak at Roland Garros. Again, the Mallorcan faced Federer and celebrated the victory (6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4) in another crowned match on the back of his best version on clay, light years away from the rest of your competitors. -
ROLAND GARROS 2008
It was not a final, it was a monologue. Cited again with Federer for the Musketeers Cup fight, Nadal took the Swiss ahead by conceding only four games (6-1, 6-3 and 6-0) and returned to celebrate the trophy, confirming his tyranny over the clay of Paris and threatening to become one of the best players in history on clay, which would then end up happening. -
WIMBLEDON 2008
After two failed attempts to lift the title at Wimbledon, Nadal added his first trophy at the All England Tennis Club by bending Federer in an agonizing match (6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7 and 9-7) which lasted 4h48m and ended the track almost dark, with night falling over London. Two months later, Nadal would snatch world number one from the Swiss, ending a reign of 237 consecutive weeks. -
AUSTRALIA OPEN 2009
Having beaten Federer's previous two Grand Slam finals, the Spaniard stood in his first Australian Open title match unable to move and dizzy, unable to recover from the semi-final beating (it took him 5h14m to win Fernando Verdasco). The Spaniard beat the Swiss 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6 and 6-2, who was playing to match Pete Sampras' 14 greats and ended up crying at the awards ceremony, unable to contain his impotence. -
OPEN FROM THE UNITED STATES 2013
Not even one extremely dangerous version of Djokovic was enough to stop Nadal, who miraculously pushed through the final against the Serbian (6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-1), recovering from a bad start in the third set and thus conquering his second title at the United States Open. -
ROLAND GARROS 2014
In another incredible final, Nadal rallied 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and 6-4 to Djokovic, who should wait to get the only Grand Slam he was missing in Paris. The Mallorcan reacted after losing the first set, endured a second set of heart attack and ended up raising his ninth cup at the Philippe Chatrier, the most important track of his career. With the victory, in addition, Nadal equaled Sampras in number of greats (14). -
ROLAND GARROS 2017
After two years of disappointments, with anxiety problems (2015) and injuries (2016), Nadal stood in a final against Stan Wawrinka who crowned with mastery, putting the finishing touch on one of his best performances at Roland Garros. Thus, the Mallorcan achieved an incredible achievement: surpass himself and raise the titles held in the same great to 10. -
OPEN FROM THE UNITED STATES 2017
After recovering number one in the summer, the Spaniard landed as the main candidate to celebrate the title of champion at the United States Open. In a strange tournament, conditioned by the losses of Andy Murray, Djokovic, Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori or Milos Raonic, Nadal took advantage of opportunities like no one else and reached the final without meeting one of the 30 best in the world. -
ROLAND GARROS 2018
If reaching 10 titles in Paris was an eyesore, reaching 11 elevated Nadal into unknown territory that will be difficult for anyone to tread again. In a tournament that he conquered without the same forcefulness in the game as in 2017, although with most of his matches won with loose markers, the Spanish lifted his eleventh Roland Garros. -
ROLAND GARROS 2019
Rafa Nadal reached the final in 2019 in an immaculate way, without having yielded a single set, not even against Federer in the semifinals. In the final he faced a Thiem who is after the Mallorcan the best clay-court player on the circuit at the moment. But the Austrian could not do anything against Rafa and ended up falling 3-6, 7-5, 1-6 and 1-6. Thus, Nadal is only two Grand Slams away from equaling Roger Federer's twenty. -
wedding of Rafael Nadal
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Roland garros 2020
Rafael Nadal destroyed Novak Djokovic in the Roland Garros final and won a new Roland Garros. This is how he celebrated the point of victory, this is how he got his 13 roland garros
