Nadal's first French Open win set him on a path to untold dominance. Here's how it unfolded, according to those that lived it ...

It all feels rather neat. As one left-hander with a nuclear forehand leaves the stage – via Rafael Nadal’s touching farewell ...

Nadal’s lasso-like forehand cross-court action sent the ball kicking high into the backhand of right-handers. Neither Roger ...

Is Rafael Nadal the greatest tennis champion of all time? Impossible to say. But a tear-jerking farewell ceremony, staged at ...

Vilas was there to present a special trophy to Nadal on the Spaniard's historic day, although he was not happy about it. Rafa ...

Draper's forehand lacks the curl of Nadal's, meaning it is harder for him to replicate the classic Rafa pattern of swinging the ball away from the right-hander's backhand. That lack of swing is ...

He certainly left his indelible mark in Paris. A larger-than-life statue was erected near an entrance to the tournament ...

The 14-time champion returned to his kingdom and received a memorable tribute, the one he fully deserved. Nadal described it ...

PARIS - World number one Aryna Sabalenka sounded an early warning siren to her French Open rivals when she dismantled Kamilla ...