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RAFAEL NADAL MAKES HISTORY
With this point Nadal is proclaimed for the fourteenth time champion of Roland Garros.
3º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 6-3 6-0) Casper Ruud
With the rest and set in white and sending the ball on the line in this way Rafael Nadal is proclaimed champion of Roland Garros
3º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 6-3 5-0) Casper Ruud
Good service from the Spaniard who is only one game away from the title, he will have to do the rest.
3º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 6-3 4-0) Casper Ruud
Nadal breaks his serve for the second time in a row with a clean break of serve.
Here you have Casper Ruud's tip that surprised the Spanish tennis player.
3º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 6-3 3-0) Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud's drop shot stays in the net and each time the number 5 is closer to the title;
3º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 6-3 2-0) Casper Ruud
The Spanish tennis player begins by breaking serve and takes the lead at the start of the third set.
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 6-3 1-0) Casper Ruud
Rafael Nadal starts the third set winning on serve
Nadal is one set away from his 14th Roland Garros.
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 6-3) Casper Ruud
In his fourth set ball and the rest Rafael Nadal wins his second set and caresses the title in the final of Roland Garros.
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 5-3) Casper Ruud
Rafael Nadal is just one game away from winning the second set.
How the Spanish tennis player cheated the Norwegian player
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 4-3) Casper Ruud
Former world No. 1 breaks serve and wins his third straight game
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 3-3) Casper Ruud
Blank game by Rafael Nadal
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 2-3) Casper Ruud
Immediate reaction of the Spanish tennis player who breaks the service and in this game with the serve in favor seeks to return the equality to the second set.
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 1-3) Casper Ruud
Double fault of Nadal and Casper Ruud breaks the service with game in white to the rest
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 1-2) Casper Ruud
The Norwegian tennis player holds serve winning the third game of the second set of the Roland Garros Final.
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 1-1) Casper Ruud
Rafael Nadal also wins his first game on serve in the second set
2º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3 0-1) Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud starts the second set winning with his serve in a long-suffering game where he had to save two break balls;
END OF THE FIRST SET: RAFAEL NADAL WINS 6-3, THANKS TO POINTS LIKE THIS ONE
1º Set Rafael Nadal (6-3) Casper Ruud
The first set of the match goes to Rafael Nadal who takes the lead.
1º Set Rafael Nadal (5-3) Casper Ruud
Ruud wins the service and will have to win with the rest to stay ain this first set.
1º Set Rafael Nadal (5-2) Casper Ruud
Nadal's parallel after a good drop to stay one game away from closing the first set.
The King of Spain and the Prince of Norway spectators at Roland Garros Final
1º Set Rafael Nadal (4-2) Casper Ruud
Nadal's ball slips away and Casper Ruud wins on serve for the first time at Roland Garros final
1º Set Rafael Nadal (4-1) Casper Ruud
Easy game of the Spanish tennis player with the service that puts with advantage in this first set
1º Set Rafael Nadal (3-1) Casper Ruud
The world number 5 returns to break the service for the second consecutive time, the Norwegian tennis player still has not won in this match with the service;
1º Set Rafael Nadal (2-1) Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud has broken serve and serves for a 2-2 tie in the first set
Nadal's service breaker
1º Set Rafael Nadal (2-0) Casper Ruud
Cross-court forehand from the Spanish tennis player breaks serve to take the lead in the first set
1º Set Rafael Nadal (1-0) Casper Ruud
The first game of the final was won by Rafael Nadal with the service, in a game that lasted four minutes.
All set
The draw has been decided where it has been chosen that Rafael Nadal will startá sacando
The two players are already on the court, as they were before taking the court.
Casper Ruud Road
First Round 3-1 Tsonga
Second Round 3-0 Ruusuvori
Sixteenth round 3-2 Sonego
Round of 16 3-1 Hurkacz
Quarterfinals 3-1 Rune
Semifinals 3-1 Clic
Rafael Nadal's way
First Round 3-0 Thompson
Second Round 3-0 Moutet
First Round 3-0 Van de Zandschulp
Octavos de final 3-2 Auger Aliassame
Quarterfinals 3-1 Novak Djokovic
Semi-final 1-0 Alexander Zverev
Seven of Nadal's eight Grand Slam finals losses have been against Djokovic or Federer.
Rafael Nadal will not have today against one of his main rivals Djokovic already left him out of this tournament in the quarterfinals. Only once he has lost to a debutant in a Grand Slam final was in 2014 at the Australian Open against Warinka.
Casper Ruud facing his most important game
Ruud has played 11 finals on the ATP circuit with a favorable balance of eight victories. The Norwegian tennis player will play his first Grand Slam final, being the first player from his country to reach the final round of a Grand Slam;
This will be Nadal's 30th Grand Slam final
The Spanish tennis player has a favorable balance in the final of the Grand Slam with 21 wins and eight defeats, today has the opportunity to mark advantage with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in Grand Slam achieved;
1 hour
In approximately 1 hour the final of Roland Garros will start, where Rafael Nadal vs Casper Ruud will be measured, both players will be looking for the second Grand Slam of the season, the Spanish player could win his 14th Roland Garros. Both the preview and the minute by minute of the match can be followed here on VAVEL.
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What time is Rafael Nadal vs Casper Ruud in the Roland Garros final ?
This is the kick-off time in several countries:
Argentina: 9:00 AM
Bolivia: 9:00 AM
Brazil: 10:00 AM
Chile: 9:00 AM
Colombia: 8:00 AM
Ecuador: 8:00 AM
USA (ET): 9:00 AM
Spain: 15:00 PM
Mexico: 8:00 AM
Paraguay: 9:00 AM
Peru: 9:00 AM
Uruguay: 9:00 AM
Venezuela: 9:00 AM
England: 14: 00 AM
Australia : 23:00 AM
India: 18:30 AM
Summary of Rafael Nadal's last final at Roland Garros
Nadal will finish as the year's number 1 after Roland Garros and Ruud will move up to sixth position
The tennis player will finish the French tournament as undisputed number one of the current season. After the treatment he is undergoing before the matches in Paris, if there is an aggressive surface for the joints, it is grass. Wimbledon is the next major on the calendar with a three-week window. Despite having missed the 1000 Monte Carlo Masters and the Godó as a result of a crack in the ribs that occurred in the semifinal of Indian Wells with Carlos Alcaraz, the Spaniard today has an income of 1,000 points over his most immediate pursuer who is none other than Alcaraz. Nadal is fourth, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas and can not improve that position even if he wins the title. While Casper Ruud comes from tennis genética. His father Christian Ruud became the 39th in the ranking. He followed in his footsteps and next Monday he will emerge as the sixth ATP racket thanks to the Roland Garros final. Casper, who became the best in the world as a junior, found it difficult to make the leap to professionalism.
How does Rafael Nadal arrive ?
Only three defeats in this 2022 for Rafael Nadal has managed to win three titles this year, first the Melbourne ATP, then and the most heroic, the Australian Open, after a final that will be remembered after the Spanish tennis player's comeback to Medvedev. He also disputed the Acapulco ATP, held in Mexico, where on February 27 he defeated Norrie in the final by a double 6-4 to win the title. In the last tournament that Nadal played, which was the ATP Miami fell in the final against Fritz, so he returns to compete more than a month after having to be off for an injury. At the Madrid Open, playing at home and with good sensations, he tried to win the title, but his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz left him out in the quarterfinals. Before playing the Grand Slam he defended the crown at the ATP Rome but the discomfort in the round of 16 against Shapavalov deprived him of advancing in the Italian tournament despite winning the first set with 6-1. In the first round at Roland Garros he defeated the Australian Thompson in three sets and without any difficulty, neither had in the second round with Moutet nor in the round of 32 against the Dutch player Van de Zandschlup. In the round of 16 he suffered, needing five sets to defeat the Canadian Auger Aliassame. In the quarterfinals, in his 59th match, he beat the Serbian player. In the semifinals he qualified without finishing the match due to Zverev's ankle injury that prevented him from finishing the match;
How does Casper Ruud arrive?
The Norwegian tennis player was already finalist of the Miami ATP where he was defeated by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. He did not have good performances in Berlin or at the Mutua Madrid where he was eliminated in the first rounds. At the Rome ATP he reached the semifinals, but the No. 1 seed deprived him of reaching the final. A week later he won the Geneva ATP, held in Switzerland. Casper Ruud has only won one match in three sets and that was in the second round. The match where he suffered the most was in the round of 32 where he needed five sets to eliminate the Italian Sonego. In the semifinals he lost the first set against Clic, but turned the score around to reach the Roland Garros final;
Background
The number five and eight in the world face each other in search of winning the Grand Slam, but the reality is that this is the first confrontation between these two tennis players despite meeting on several occasions in training. The Spaniard and the Norwegian have never faced each other in their sporting careers and both are in the final although many surely did not expect it.
Venue: The match will be played at the Philippe Chatrier court, located in the city of Paris, which was rebuilt in 2019 and has a capacity of 15,225 spectators.
Preview of the match
Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud will face each other in the final of Roland Garros, looking to conquer the second Grand Slam of the year, the first was for the Spanish tennis player who repeats final.
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