Tennis: Nadal’s confession on Federer’s message after his coronation at Roland-Garros! – Yahoo Sports

Rafael Nadal has once again conquered Paris and more precisely, for the 14th time in his career. Indeed, thanks to his victory over Casper Ruud in the final on the Philippe Chatrier court last Sunday, the Majorcan won his 22nd Grand Slam of his career. To congratulate him, Roger Federer sent him a message. For the fourteenth time in his career, Rafael Nadal lifted the Roland-Garros trophy last Sunday on the Philippe Chatrier course. Since his debut in the professional world, the Majorcan’s victory at the Paris Grand Slam has become a habit when he is in good physical condition. And from the height of his 36 years and being particularly diminished for this 2022 edition due to foot pain, Rafael Nadal surpassed himself and went to draw on his reserves to sweep away the competition at every turn, with in particular a small blow from the destiny in the semi-finals since Alexander Zverev, who imposed a real challenge on Nadal, had to forfeit after injuring his ankle. As a result, the duration of the fight was reduced and Rafael Nadal got the better of Casper Ruud in the final on Sunday on the Chatrier in three sets (6-3, 6-3 and 6-0). Nevertheless, his lucky star which allowed him not to go to the end of the fight against Zverev is not one of the only reasons for his coronation at Roland-Garros. His infiltrations for his foot pain undeniably played a role without which Rafael Nadal would probably not have been able to…Read the entire article for free on le10sport.com