"Jeu, set et match Rafa Nadal." The words are likely to be heard seven times at the French Open as the Spanish juggernaut guns for a record-extending 11th title at Roland Garros. The 24-year-old Austrian is the only player to beat Nadal on clay in the last two years but he was thrashed in straight sets by the Spaniard in last year's French Open semi-finals. "For the moment Dominic Thiem beat him in Madrid but still Rafa is the number one," he said. "(Zverev) is way more mature now in the last two or three months, even since Australia," three-times French Open champion Mats Wilander said.

Source: dna May 25, 2018 04:36 UTC