Download Rafael Nadal 2005 French Open Final Pictures. 1 court for the first—and last—time at roland garros, in his debut against lars burgsmuller. Nadal has now beaten djokovic in all of their three french open finals.
But thiem showed yesterday he had the stomach for the fight by ending novak djokovic's hopes of holding all four slams at the same.
Nadal said the french open officials should reconsider the ball next year. Rafael nadal, seeded fourth at his first french open (but was actually ranked world no. Open was ongoing, he practiced with the new ball in his home island of mallorca. Nadal came into the match full of confidence, having been unbeaten on european clay that year, taking the titles in monte carlo, barcelona and rome, as well as brazil and acapulco earlier that year in south america.