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| Rafael Nadal |
Spanish
Tennis champion, Rafael Nadal, 33, has
won a record 12th French Open title after beating Austria's Dominic
Thiem in four sets in the final tournament of the 2019
French Open.
Nadal,
the world No 2 defeated the 25-year-old Austrian opponent & world No 4,
6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in exactly three hours to claim his victory at the Court
Philippe Chatrier this evening.
He now
becomes the first player to win a dozen titles on the same court (Margaret
Court won her 12 Australian Opens at different venues), putting him four clear
of Roger
Federer’s eight at Wimbledon and Novak Djokovic’s seven
in Melbourne.
The
win for him, also means he now has 18 Grand Slam, (French Open - 12, US Open -
3, Wimbledon - 2 and Australian Open - 1).
Speaking
on his win, he said: 'Congrats to Dominic, I feel sorry because he deserves it,
I really hope he wins in future. He has unbelievable intensity and passion for
this sport. I want to encourage him.
'It's an
unbelievable moment for me, I can't explain it. For me it was a dream to play
the first time in 2005.
'I
never thought back then that in 2019 I would still be here so it's very special
for me.'
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