Nadal

The 13-time champion is the first man to notch 106 Grand Slam match-wins in Paris.

He's now 18-0 in first-round matches at Roland Garros, too.

Over a third of Nadal’s wins at majors have come in Paris, where he’s now 106-3. Facts & Stats Facts & Stats

Rafael Nadal may have a chronic left foot problem and stress fracture in one of his ribs, but none of it appeared to matter in his first match at Roland ...

McEnroe called Djokovic the favorite on a recent Podcast with me. Nadal, who turns 36 on June 3, would need to win six more matches to capture his 14th Roland Garros title and it won’t be easy. He improved to 106-3 at the event.

PARIS: Rafael Nadal showed no signs of pain as the 13-time French Open champion marched into the second round at Roland Garros with clinical 6-2 6-2 6-2 ...

But it is a positive start, and that gives me a chance to have one more day on practice tomorrow and then another chance the day after tomorrow." "It is a good start, of course, straight sets. "It's incredible for me to play here again on Chatrier. I'm happy with this win.

Tennis - Nadal defeated Cameron Norrie in the last year's Roland Garros third round.

The Spaniard held at love at 1-1 and landed an incredible forehand crosscourt winner in the next one to open a 3-1 gap. Rafa held at 15 in games six and eight and stole his opponent's serve at 3-3 to forge the advantage. Rafa broke back with a forehand winner to get back on the positive side. Nadal served well in the opener and kept the pressure on the other side. Rafa lost serve twice in a row in the second set and erased that deficit quickly with six breaks from 12 opportunities. It was Nadal's 103rd Roland Garros victory in 105 matches, and he earned it after a solid display on serve and return.

Your complete guide to Rafael Nadal's next match in the French Open 2022 including match time, date and how to watch it live.

How to watch Rafael Nadal at the French OpenStreaming platform discovery+ will have full coverage from each court, with every match available to watch live and on-demand. He overcame three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, who is in the process of returning from a long-term injury, to book his place against Nadal. Nadal only dropped six games in a straightforward victory over unseeded Australian Jordan Thompson to cruise into the second round.

Rafael Nadal put all the talks and concerns around his foot injury to rest with a dominating first-round win at Roland Garros against Australia's Jordan ...

He is not yet completely used to playing in the second week of a Grand Slam and he is still not used to playing big matches, of five sets, on Philippe Chatrier. So he has got a very good chance as a dark horse and I would be rather surprised if he goes on to win this Grand Slam." It is not going to be easy to find the next version of that. And he topped it off with a win against Djokovic just 24 hours later, becoming the first ever player to achieve the magnificent double on clay. It is just everything about the court is tailor-made for Nadal's game which makes him look that he is 30 per cent better than everyone else," he said. "I think it is difficult to classify him as not the favourite after seeing yesterday's performance, keeping in mind that he has won this title 13 times. The concern over his foot injury remained the cynosure in the build-up to the 2022 French Open, which resulted in many veterans and analysts ruling him out as the outright favourite for the competition.