French Open - Men's Final
4 Rafael Nadal d 5 David Ferrer - 63 62 63
8.
Rafa moves up to 3rd with Roy Emerson on the Slam list with 12.
Only Pete Sampras with 14 and Roger Federer with 17 are ahead of him.
He improved his French Open record to 59-1. A sick winning percentage.
Rafa also notched his 20th win over Ferrer and 4th of the 2013 season.
He is also the 1st man to qualify for the season ending tournament.
In a rankings quirk the win actually saw his ranking fall back to #5.
But he is firmly atop the Race to London rankings by a mile.
With 90 points to defend the rest of the year - lookout Nole...
Hi8tory: No man has ever won 8 titles at any one Slam before.
History: And no man has ever won a Slam 9 years running.
Post match: Eight times here is a lot. I never thought about that.
But I will keep practising with the same passion and intensity to bring
my tennis to the highest level possible.
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Rafa has played 9 tournaments this year and made the finals of all 9.
He's won 7 of them making him the tour leader.
Next up is Wimbledon where he's won it twice: '08 & '10.
It's also the place where he lost early in '12 & left the tour with an injury.
This year plan on Rafa hitting Wimby with a hunger for a big points gobble.
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