AP PHOTO Rafael Nadal reacts waves after the men's doubles quarter-final tennis competition at the Roland Garros stadium, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. Nadal won that one, 9-7 in the fifth set amidst the dying evening light, part of the left-hander's supremacy head-to-head. I always hoped this day would never come," Federer posted Thursday. A few months after that Laver Cup, Nadal hurt his hip and eventually would have surgery in June 2023. He went 112-4 in the Slam held at Roland Garros, with titles arriving in 2005-08, 2010-14, 2017-20 and 2022.

Source: Manila Times October 11, 2024 17:50 UTC