Rafael Nadal in Sunday for the fifth time captured Roland Garros. After trojsetovom triumph over Swede Soderling with 6:4, 6:2, 6:4 deleted from the racket hand and throw the clay Philippe Chatriera central end of the court, where it is seen nearly 15,000 pairs of eyes. Later, while waiting for the ceremony, and also in the tones of the Spanish national anthem, his eyes vyhrkli of tears.
The fifth triumph in the French capital experienced a native of Manacor on the island of Mallorca quite emotional. More titles at Roland Garros Nadal as the only account of a legendary Swede Bjorn Borg - six.
"Very important victory, one of the biggest in my career," he said at the first press conference, and Rafael Nadal went on: "I have a difficult period for him, a year after last year's failure in Paris was difficult for me, I've been waiting eleven months for the tournament title. I did not prepare the most, that I won here again. In the final I was set to I won. My game had a face, like to take their chances. I was calm and tried for any situation and remain so. I think today I was taking it to villages. "
Nadal had to explain to journalists that his first words on their villages even the French appear to be poorly understood, if you now think that the current Paris was a triumph for him najemotívnejší career moment.
"I said otherwise: he was one of the most important, because those were more. For example, London's victory at Wimbledon or the local second triumph ..."
Nadal for fifth win in Paris as a bonus received the post and also the world's first end-year participation in the security Cup ATP World Tour Finals in London. When journalists asked him to compare the Paris title with leadership position in the world renkingu ATP, Nadal answered clearly: "Victory in this tournament means to me more. It is logical, because when I'm looking forward to converting mečbale, I do not think at that moment to post the unit, but that I won this tournament. All these weeks I worked hard to that I won at Roland Garros. Being a leader in ranking is just something extra, which came along with it. "
Spanish toreador has reached 203rd winning the match on loose surfaces career (balance 203:16) and twenty-second of the season in which the clay to his credit losses is still zero. Nadal winning tournaments rounded number to forty, of which twenty-nine on the clay surface. Now he waits, however, a rapid transition to grass and has three weeks of Wimbledon.
"I know that while I plod on clay in Paris, so most of my competitors has coached on the grass. However, I think that 22 wins on clay season is also the quality of preparation for the grass season. I'll try to adapt to the grass so quickly as the only possible " Nadal closed. Read More!
