Sport / 06 June 2022
French Open winners are grinners
Seventeen years after winning his first French Open, Rafael Nadal has won his 14th men’s final at Roland Garros against Norwegian 8th seed Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. He turned 36yo last week, which makes him the French Open’s oldest men’s champion. The title win extends his men’s all-time grand slam record to 22, creating a 2 title gap between himself and Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. But for his winning streak to continue, he’ll need to overcome a chronic foot injury. “It takes a lot of energy to keep going. I want to say ‘merci, merci beaucoup’,” Nadal said this morning. And it took Poland’s Iga Świątek just over an hour to demolish American Coco Gauff of the 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday night. The world #1 also extended her winning streak to 35 matches, overtaking Serena Williams’ record streak from 2013 and equaling Venus Williams’ streak set in 2000 – the current century’s record. She’s got some way to go to rival Martina Navratilova’s record of 74 wins on the trot…
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