French open tennis

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Nadal breaks again.

5-0.

This will do his confidence a lot of good.

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Nadal seals the set with an ace.

6-0.

He's been shaky in the lead-up and had conditions against him all tournament, so that will be a huge boost to him.

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Djokovic holds.

1-0.

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Nadal breaks.

He leads 2-1.

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Nadal breaks again to give himself some safety in the second set.

He leads 4-1.

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Rafa coughs up his first double fault and gets a time violation but serves out the set.

6-2.

Rafa leads 2 sets to 0.

A very good match for him so far.

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Djokovic holds in the first game of the third set.

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Nadal breaks to love.

He leads 3-2.

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But Djokovic breaks back immediately.

3-3.

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Rafa breaks on a Djokovic double fault.

He leads 6-5.

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And Rafa wins the French Open with an ace!

He sinks to his knees and signals an AFL goal in celebration.


He had more unforced errors in the third set than in the first two combined, but overall it was a supreme performance, with so many things against him in the lead up.

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Rafa mentions the COVID crisis in his speech.

He hopes that the new Roland Garros court can have a full house next year.

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

Well done rafa now equals federers grand slam 20 titles good to see

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Another thing: it felt like madness that they don't use HawkEye... unless HawkEye is actually less reliable than arguing about clay marks.

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And it seems crazy that the Grand Slams all have different sets of rules for finishing a five-set match.

Yep, four Grand Slams, four different rules.