For all that he has accomplished already, Nadal now has done something he never managed previously: He is halfway to a calendar-year Grand Slam thanks to titles at the Australian Open and French Open in the same season.
Ruud is a 23-year-old from Norway who was participating in a Grand Slam final for the first time.
He had never even played in a major quarterfinal until now, but he seemed to be in a positive mood after the finals, jokingly telling Nadal that he "wasn't his first victim".
Ruud, who considers Nadal his idol, and has trained at his tennis academy in Mallorca, admits to having watched all of Nadal's past finals in Paris on TV.
The two have played countless practice sets together there with nothing more at stake than bragging rights. Nadal usually won those, and Ruud joked the other day that was because he was trying to be a polite guest.
The two had never met in a real match until Sunday, when a championship, money, ranking points, prestige and a piece of history were on the line.
And Nadal demonstrated, as he has so often, why he is known as the King of Clay — and among the game's greatest ever.
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