Nadal wins 10th French Open title
PARIS — As a child prodigy growing up on the Spanish island of Majorca, Rafael Nadal dreamed of winning just one French Open title.
Now he has ten.
Nadal has always been a modest superstar, avoiding public displays of entitlement with the same assiduity that he arranges the beverage bottles on court in front of his chair. But there could be no avoiding the encomiums or the obvious on Sunday as Nadal crushed the suspense out of another French Open final against a quality opponent, routing Stan Wawrinka, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1, in two hours and five minutes.
“Rafa, this is one of the most beautiful exploits in the history of sport,” said Fabrice Santoro, the former French star turned French Open interviewer, as he approached Nadal on court very shortly after his quest for a 10th title — La Decima, in his native Spanish — had become reality.
It is no doubt a sporting achievement for the ages: no other men’s tennis player has won more than seven singles titles at the same Grand Slam event. And it is also surely time for a new favorite number for Nadal.
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