PARIS - When Rafael Nadal beat the Argentinian Mariano Puerta in four sets to win his first Grand Slam title at the French Open back in 2005, no one had any idea that it was the start of one of the most remarkable winning sequences in any sport.
The bad news for his challengers, however, is that Nadal has no intention of walking away just yet, especially as Sunday's triumph brought him level with Roger Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam titles."In high-level competition, what counts is victory. That is a reality. In 2009, he surprised everyone by losing to Roger Soderling in the fourth round but returned the following year to beat the Swede in the final and start another winning run of 39 matches and five titles.
BODY SUFFERED IN LOCKDOWN There is another negative, though, and that is the coronavirus pandemic which has killed over a million people since the outbreak emerged in China last December. "In my case, the body responded badly for a few months and little by little, things started to sort themselves out. They were tough weeks."
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