Rafael Nadal is in obvious ways very different from the first time he won the tournament way back in 2019. But some things haven’t changed.
champion for the 14th time at 36, is, in obvious ways, different from Rafael Nadal, a French Open champion for the first time all the way back in 2005 at age 19.Watch the latest sport on Channel 7 or stream for free onThe chartreuse T-shirt he wore while overwhelming Casper Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-0 in Sunday’s intriguing-for-a-handful-of-minutes final had sleeves, unlike his biceps-baring look of nearly two decades ago.
Clouds overhead at the start gave way to the sunlight and blue sky Nadal prefers just as Ruud’s 3-1 lead in the second set suddenly began to evaporate in what would become a match-closing 11-game run for the champion. “I don’t know what can happen in the future,” Nadal told the crowd, “but I’m going to keep fighting to try to keep going.”
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