King of clay Nadal denies Federer

Rafael Nadal retained his French Open crown today – and denied Roger Federer a place in the history books in the process.

Sun, 11 Jun, 2006 - 18:20

Rafael Nadal retained his French Open crown today – and denied Roger Federer a place in the history books in the process.

The Swiss world number one was aiming to become the third man ever – and the first since 1969 – to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time, following in the footsteps of Don Budge and Rod Laver.

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