Facts about Spain's Rafael Nadal
Facts about Spain's Rafael Nadal
Following
are facts about Spain's Rafael Nadal, who won the French Open for the
seventh time after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic on Monday.
- The beginning:
* Born in Manacor Mallorca on the third of June, 1986.
* His uncle Miguel Angel Nadal, is that success as a footballer, especially with Barcelona and Spain.
* Nadal, who turned his right hand was playing normally right hand to the player after his mentor Tony Nadal Note that this mission will give him an advantage on the pitch.
* Turned professional in 2001.
- 11 titles in grand slam:
* Won the French Open in the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, 2010 and 2011 and 2012 and Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010 and the Australian Open in 2009 and the U.S. Open in 2010.
* In 2005 he became the first player since Swede Mats Wilander in 1982 to win the French Open championship in his first appearance.
* Won the Roland Garros again in 2006, 2007 and 2008 the equivalent figure for Bjorn Borg record by scoring four consecutive titles at the French Open.
* In 2008, defeated Roger Federer and defending champion to win the first trophy at Wimbledon in one of the greatest tennis matches ever.
* In 2009, beat Federer in the Australian Open final in a match from the top five groups, but he lost for the first time at the French Open against Robin Soderling in the fourth round because of injury, and between him and defend the title at Wimbledon.
* In 2010 won the French Open for the fifth time and Wimbledon for the second time. And ended the year by winning the U.S. Open Championship for the first time in its history to become the seventh player to win all four grand slams.
* In 2011, made Nadal French Open for the sixth time to equal the record of Bjorn Borg before stopping a series of seven titles in grand slam after losing to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2011 and then lost the Spaniard to rival the same in the final of the U.S. Open in 2011 as well as in the Australian Open final in 2012.
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Djokovic ended the hopes of world number one to become the third player
to win four consecutive titles in grand slam and won the French Open
for the seventh time on Monday after beating him 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
- Milestones in his career
* Lost to Russian Igor Andreev in the quarter-finals Valencia Open in April 2005 but has at the time of record-breaking win in 81 consecutive matches on clay before they reach the series to an end in Hamburg in May 2007 by Federer.
* Federer ended the control as the first player in the world and that in August 2008 after four years and a half of Federer sat on the throne of world tennis.
* Won the men's singles gold at the Olympic Games in 2008.
- Problems with the injury:
* Suffered from problems with his knees as inflammation of the injured hamstring. He was forced to withdraw from the Queen's on grass in London in 2009 and Osbj the first player in the category of men do not defend the Wimbledon title since Croatia's Goran Ivancevic, who missed the tournament in 2002.
* Caused a knee injury also in the withdrawal of Nadal Australian Open 2010 when he faces Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of the competition.
