Updated On: 06 June, 2022 07:32 AM IST | Paris | AFP
Rafael Nadal hammers Norwegian Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 to win 14th French Open and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title; promises to keep going despite chronic foot injury

An ecstatic Rafael Nadal with the winner’s trophy at Roland Garros yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Rafael Nadal won a 14th French Open and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title on Sunday with a straight-sets rout of Casper Ruud to become the oldest male champion at Roland Garros.
In a disappointing final, 36-year-old Nadal won 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 with victory coming 17 years to the day since he claimed his first French Open as a 19-year-old in 2005. Nadal won the last 11 games of the final and is now two Slams ahead of old rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer with Sunday’s victory coming against all the odds.