Rafael Nadal’s 14th title win at the French Open is simply mind blowing. At an age where champion athletes in individual sports are looking to bring the curtain down on their careers, for Nadal to win yet another major and that too the tough French Open is not only a testament to his fitness and determination, but also the desire to stay competitive in a sport that is being dominated increasingly by youngsters. 

Zverev,  a promising talent

There was a lot of talk about another Spaniard, Carlos Alcaraz, but the young man couldn’t quite raise the level of his game to match that of Alexander Zverev, another promising talent. That was the quarter-finals and in the next round against Nadal, Zverev went toe-to-toe for the first set which lasted for hours before a hideous ankle injury meant that he had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair.