Nadal Wins French Open

The King of Clay's reign in Paris continues. Rafael Nadal wins his record seventh French Open today at Roland Garros, finishing a match which started yesterday but finished today due to rain, winning 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 over world #1 Novak Djokovic.

Nadal, who was cruising yesterday, won the first two sets 6-4, 6-3, and was up 2-0 in the third set when the rain began to pick up. Djokovic promptly won the next eight games, rallying for a 6-2 third set win, and a 2-0 fourth set lead, before Nadal won a game, and play was halted.

When play resumed today, Nadal finished off Djokovic, the man who had beaten him in the last three Grand Slam Finals, and was trying to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time.

"It was a very difficult match against the best player in the world," Nadal said. "I lost three Grand Slam finals -- Wimbledon, the U.S. Open last year, and the Australian Open this year. I'm very happy, very emotional."

The win is also Nadal's 11th Grand Slam title, tying him with Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver for fourth all-time.

"He's definitely the best player in history on this surface and the results are showing that he's one of the best-ever players to play this game," Djokovic said.