It’s not easy and I’m not the first victim – I know that there have been many before.” He later paid tribute to Nadal, saying in his on-court interview: “We all know what a champion you are and today I got to feel how it is to play against you in the final. Having led 3-1 at the start of the second set, Ruud saw the contest slip away from him and failed to register a game in the final set. It was a case of the master against the apprentice at Roland Garros on Sunday with Ruud, who has trained at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Mallorca since 2018 and admired Nadal when he progressed through the tennis ranks, appearing in his first grand slam final.īut the 23-year-old was outclassed by Nadal in what was the first time the two had faced each other. Nadal moved two grand slams ahead of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer at the French Open.
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