Rafael Nadal posted one of the best defensive performances of this year’s tournament to claim his fifth French Open title with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Robin Soderling. The Spaniard needed just two hours and 18 minutes to repel a shot-making onslaught by the Swede and reclaim his Roland Garros crown.
The result makes Nadal just the second man in history (behind Bjorn Borg) to win five or more French Open titles (Borg won six) and lands him the unique ‘Red Slam’ – the trio of ATP Masters 1000 clay court titles at Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid, topped off by victory at Roland Garros....
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