Nadal: Why is so good on clay| How many grand slams has won

Rafael Nadal said he would “prefer to lose his 14th French Open final” in exchange for a new left leg. Nadal reached the final on Sunday. Today we will discuss about Nadal: Why is so good on clay| How many grand slams has won.

Nadal: Why is so good on clay| How many grand slams has won

Rafael Nadal Pereira (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is ranked World No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP);  He has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks and finished as No. 1 five times at the end of the year. Nadal has won 21 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, the most in history, including a record 13 French Open titles. He has won 91 ATP singles titles (including 36 Masters titles), 62 of which are on clay. Nadal’s 81 consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.

Full name	Rafael Nadal Parera
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Manacor, Mallorca, Spain
Born	3 June 1986 (age 36) Manacor, Mallorca, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Francisco Roig (2005–) Carlos Moyá (2016–) Marc López (2021–)[2]
Prize money	US$128,081,950[3] (3rd all-time leader in earnings)

Why is so good on clay

Nadal’s numbers at Roland Garros are simply staggering.

As well as extending his record for most titles, he defeated Djokovic to become the first player to win 100 matches at a clay-court Grand Slam.

Nadal has not only broken previous records but has broken them.

Borg won six French Open titles between 1974 and 1981, setting a record that remained until being surpassed by Nadal in 2012.

“I was around the era where I thought I was seeing the greatest – I was at the time – Borg. Nadal eclipsed that,” said McEnroe, a Roland Garros finalist in 1984.

Nadal’s main weapon is the vicious, lasso-style forehand that has become his trademark.

According to 1989 champion Michael Chang, his fast movement and supreme athleticism added to what makes Nadal great.

The American, who won Roland Garros in 1989 at the age of 17, told BBC Sport, “He has an uncanny ability to hit a lot of forehands and be able to walk very well on clay.”

“He knows how to manipulate angles to get people out of the situation.

“He is very aggressive though patient when needed, but for the most part if there is a shot he is taking it and going for it.

“He’s a manipulator that’s pushing you forward and putting you in awkward positions where he has easy cutaways.”

How many grand slams has won

Nadal has won 21 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, the most in history, including a record 13 French Open titles. He has won 91 ATP singles titles (including 36 Masters titles), 62 of which are on clay. Nadal’s 81 consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.

Nadal was one of the most successful teenagers in ATP Tour history, reaching No. 2 in the world and winning 16 titles before his 20th birthday, including his first French Open and six Masters events. Nadal became No. 1 for the first time in 2008 after his first major victory on clay against his long-time top-ranked Roger Federer in a historic Wimbledon final. He also won an Olympic gold medal in singles in Beijing that year. After defeating Novak Djokovic in the 2010 US Open final, 24-year-old Nadal became the youngest person in the Open Era to achieve a career Grand Slam, and the first to win three Majors on three different surfaces (hard, grass and). became a person. soil) in the same year. Along with his Olympic gold medal, he is one of only two men to complete a career Golden Slam in singles. Nadal is the only male player in history to complete a career Grand Slam and win an Olympic gold medal in both singles and doubles.