snowgirl
06-12-2007, 06:39 AM
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/tennis/specials/french_open/2007/06/10/mens.final.ap/t2.nadal.wins.sikluet.jpg
PARIS (AP) -- There it stood, so tantalizingly close.
As Roger Federer tried in vain to solve Rafael Nadal in the French Open final, the silver Coupe des Mousquetaires -- the only Grand Slam trophy missing from the No. 1-ranked player's collection -- sparkled in the sun behind a baseline, 10 feet overhead.
So successful everywhere else, so superb against everyone else, Federer once more succumbed to Nadal at Roland Garros, one win short of a French Open title, one win short of a fourth consecutive major championship, one win short of a career Grand Slam.
Instead, it was Nadal who made a bit of history Sunday, showing true resolve on the biggest points to beat Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and become only the second man since 1914 to win three consecutive French Open titles.
Read More... (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/tennis/specials/french_open/2007/06/10/mens.final.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)
PARIS (AP) -- There it stood, so tantalizingly close.
As Roger Federer tried in vain to solve Rafael Nadal in the French Open final, the silver Coupe des Mousquetaires -- the only Grand Slam trophy missing from the No. 1-ranked player's collection -- sparkled in the sun behind a baseline, 10 feet overhead.
So successful everywhere else, so superb against everyone else, Federer once more succumbed to Nadal at Roland Garros, one win short of a French Open title, one win short of a fourth consecutive major championship, one win short of a career Grand Slam.
Instead, it was Nadal who made a bit of history Sunday, showing true resolve on the biggest points to beat Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and become only the second man since 1914 to win three consecutive French Open titles.
Read More... (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/tennis/specials/french_open/2007/06/10/mens.final.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)