* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Wimbledon Championships of the tournament was cancelled.

We played plenty of times together. "But I was definitely [outplayed] by a better player.''.

Nadal won his 13th French Open over top-ranked Novak Djokovic on Sunday, earning his 20th Grand Slam victory to tie Roger Federer for the all-time record. 762 Nadal won his first ATP match, defeating Ramón Delgado, and became the ninth player in the Open Era to do so before the age of 16. He smothered Nadal, who, seemingly frazzled by his own start, showed little of his previous sparkle. He holds the record for winning at least 1 Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years (2005–14) breaking the previous record of 8 consecutive years held by Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer.

A case in point came on Nadal's lone break point at 2-3 in the third. Since then, he's spent: Nadal's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface. You have come to the ESPN Africa edition, for other ESPN editions, click above. He first ascended into the top-10 on 25 April 2005 when he moved up from No.

The first set was a 45-minute master class conducted by Nadal, who came out incredibly crisply and cleanly, steering his high-rpm forehands precisely where he wanted them and using his defense-to-offense abilities to slide and stretch and flick balls back with aggression.

"I might have figured him out for the match, but not for life.

It's easier to forget, yes.". The postponement led to colder, wetter weather than usual, which affects the way the clay affects shots, making them bounce lower and slower.

Ivan Lendl (1986, 1987) and Rod Laver (1962, 1969) attained this twice. This is the all-time record for consecutive semifinal wins on a single surface. Official tennis titles and finals records of Rafael Nadal on the ATP Tour for singles and … Novak Djokovic: US Open title feels 'phenomenal', Remembering the Original 9, the pioneers of women's tennis, Naomi Osaka on raising awareness for racial injustice with her masks, US Open champion Dominic Thiem on his epic comeback, The tennis grand slam that will be like nothing ever seen before, 'I feel safe' at US Open, says Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem on the Adria Tour, US Open and tennis in the age of coronavirus, Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus after Adria Tour event, Time Out: Bianca Andreescu aims to be tennis' GOAT, Time Out: Naomi Osaka draws and tries to come out of her shell, Simona Halep: 2019 Wimbledon champion on lockdown in Romania, Time Out: Andy Murray using lockdown to see his kids grow up, Time Out with ATP star Milos Raonic: Quarantine life and Wimbledon cancellation, Maria Sharapova retires from tennis at age 32, Serena Williams' quest for a 24th grand slam, Roger Revealed: Time with tennis great Federer, Ashleigh Barty's 2019 French Open win in her own words, Djokovic breaks through to earn 4th Wimbledon title, Visit CNN.com/sport for more news and videos, READ: Osaka beat Kvitova to win second straight major at Australian Open.
Nadal won five straight French Open singles titles from 2010 to 2014 to become the only player in this event to win five consecutive singles titles. This is the third-highest for any player at single a Grand Slam. He only conceded one point in the first three games and only gave up one point on serve in the entire first set. In all 19 of his grand slam titles, he was seeded 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th.

(2:03). – Number of weeks since reaching previous milestone. 1 ranking was held, Players with winning records against Nadal, 32 match win streak across 3 different surfaces, 52 consecutive wins in semifinal matches on clay, National and international representation, Junior national and international representation, best career winning percentage (minimum 500 wins), List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Joining Forces for the Benefit of Children, List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal, http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2019/04/rafael-nadal-clay/81142/, "Is Rafael Nadal the best clay-court player ever? Djokovic has now beaten Nadal in eight straight hard-court outings and in nine of their past 11 matches overall, aided by a crosscourt backhand that his foe might have nightmares about. It was only the fourth 6-0 set lost by Djokovic in 341 career Grand Slam matches -- and two of the others came all the way back in 2005, the year he made his debut at the major tournaments. Breakdown: 6–0 (6), 6–1 (12), 6–2 (10), 6–3 (10), 6–4 (10), 7–5 (1), RET (1). The tournaments won by Nadal are in boldface. He had been seeded 1st or 2nd for 13 consecutive grand slams. With time to rip a backhand cross court, he sent his drive into the net. Memorable matches in this streak include the 2005 French Open semifinal versus Roger Federer, which was the first ever Grand Slam meeting between the two, the 2009 Madrid Open semifinal and 2013 French Open semifinal versus Novak Djokovic, the 2007 Italian Open semifinal versus Nikolay Davydenko, the 2007 German Open semifinal versus Lleyton Hewitt, and the 2005 Italian Open semifinal versus David Ferrer.
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