ROGER FEDERER WAS RELENTLESS AT THE START OF  MATCH TAKING A 5-3 LEAD IN THE FIRST SET, BUT NADAL CHARGED BACK TO WIN IT WITH A 6-4 FINISH. NADAL WENT ON TO WIN THE NEXT SET, BUT FEDERER PUT HIM ON HIS HEELS, AS THEY WENT TO A TIE BREAKER. NADAL WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME FEDERER’S PUSH, AND TOOK  THE  MATCH LEAD, 2-0. THE THIRD SET WAS A COMEBACK RESULT FOR FEDERER, WITH A GREAT EFFORT, GREAT SHOTS, AND  FEDERER EXTREMELY CONTROLLED NADAL FOR THE 3RD SET WIN. BUT, IN THE END, IT WAS ALL NADAL, AS HE DISPLAYED HIS OVERWHELMING DOMINANCE ON THE CLAY SURFACE, AND WON THE MATCH, (7-5) (7-6) (5-7) (6-1).

THIS WAS THE MATCH OF THE YEAR, SO FAR, WITH THE TWO GREATEST PLAYERS OF THEIR ERA, DUELING AT ALL COSTS TO WIN, AND NADAL PREVAILED.

CONGRTAULATIONS TO BOTH CHAMPIONS, BUT IT WAS NADALS “KING of CLAY” DAY AT THE ROLAND GARROS FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

RAFA ALSO CAPTURED HIS 10TH GRAND SLAM WITH WIN AND RETAINS HIS #1 RANKING.