Roland Garros - Men's Final
1 Rafael Nadal d 3 Roger Federer - 75 76(3) 57 61
With this win Rafa joins the 7 member double-digit Slams club with 10.
10 Slam breakdown: 6 RG, 2 Wimby, 1 USO, 1 AO. He's 10-2 in finals.
He is the 2nd youngest player to reach 10 - behind Bjorn Borg.
They also share the record for most RG titles in the Open Era.
The record is 8 by Max Decugis - back when the tourney was French only.
He also fends off Novak's charge for #1 & will log a 100th week on Monday.
This was another exciting chapter in the Federer rivalry - H2H: 17-8/RN.
5 of Rafa's 6 RG titles went thru beating Roger in 4 finals and a semi.
Federer did manage to win the 13th set Rafa has lost in 46 matches at RG.
Remember Rafa has only lost one match here: 45-1.
Rafa will head to London tomorrow as the top seed at Queens Club.
He will prepare for his title defense at Wimbledon.
Photo: Reuters
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