MOSCOW, June 5 the winner of the French Open («Roland Garros»), which was held on clay courts in Paris.
Nadal, the fifth racket of the world, defeated the eighth number of the world ranking Norwegian Kasper Ruud in the final with a score of 6:3, 6:3, 6:0. The match lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. Tennis players met for the first time on the court.
For the meeting, Nadal made 1 serve right through, made 3 double faults, actively won 37 balls, made 18 unforced errors, converted 8 out of 16 break points. Ruud's stats — 1 double fault, 16 actively scored goals, 26 unforced errors, 2 out of 3 break points converted.
Nadal is 36 years old. He is a two-time Olympic champion, holding the record for the most Grand Slam titles in singles (22). He is the only tennis player in history to win one Grand Slam tournament at least 14 times (Roland Garros). Also, the “king of the soil” won the Australian Open and Wimbledon twice each and four times at the US Open. In total, he has 92 titles in singles, including 36 — the series «Masters».
Ruud is 23 years old. He played in a Grand Slam final for the first time, before that his highest achievement was reaching the fourth round. The Norwegian has eight ATP titles.
Last year, Serbian Novak Djokovic won Roland Garros. In the draw that ended, he lost to Nadal in the quarter-finals. The best of the Russians at the tournament was Andrey Rublev, who lost in the 1/4 finals.