World No. 1 Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-1 at Roland Garros (French Open) and won the title for the sixth time on 5 June 2011. With the victory, the reigning U.S. Open, Wimbledon champ Nadal equaled former tennis great Bjorn Borg’s six titles at Roland Garros. The French Open final victory on 5 June 2011 enabled the super Spaniard to move to an astounding 45-1 mark at the world’s lone clay-court major.
Rafael Nadal, who had defeated Roger Federer twice in 2011, in the Masters semis in Miami and Madrid, continued his domination of the Swiss maestro on clay as well. The French Open Final marked the 25th time the two tennis icons met, with Nadal hiking his lead to 17-8 over Federer in their lifetime series, including a lopsided 12-2 mark on clay.
Rafael is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Nadal has won ten Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 19 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008 and 2009. He completed the career Grand Slam by winning the 2010 US Open, being the seventh player in history as well as the youngest in the open era, to achieve it. He is the second male player to complete the Career Golden Slam (winner of the four grand slams and the Olympic Gold medal) after only Andre Agassi.
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