Lawn Tennis History by Rafel Nadal

The Roland Garrows at Paris witnessed a golden History being created when Rafel Nadaldefeated the Serbian arch Rival Novak Djokovic in a matter of 4 sets 3-6,7-5,6-2,6-4. In the start of the match as in many occasions in the past,Rafel Nadal lost hisvfirst set to Djokovic3-6. Tension began prevailing in the faces of Nadal as well as the major part of the crowd.They had come to witnes the Spaniard writing his name in Golden letters in the History of Lawn Tennis by winning a 9th Crown at Roland Garrows. The second set,however,was different with both playing cautious Tennis with expert exchanges of volleys. The games were locked at 40-40.Both the players started showing the signs of uncomfortable heat of Paris. Both had to use iced Towels repeatedly to cool off themselves during change overs.Djocovic even vomited. In the second set,despite the unbearable heat,the Spaniard broke the dues to win 7-5. Later on it was Nadal all over the Ground. In the Third set ,Djokovic looked out of sort conceding 3-0 games initially.Later on though he showed signs of recovery ,it was almost next to Impossible to stop the overwhelming Spaniard. Nadal won the third& fourth set in a row 6-2,6-4. Rafel Nadal is the only one player who has won the same Grandslam tournament 9 times in the history. Rafel Nadal is the only player to have won the French open for a 5 Straight wins. SreedharanMundanat 9th June2014 5-56 AM(iST)