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The World of Millennial Champions!

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 The most popular king of the clay court for this era, Rafael Nadal has gone up the milestone of career singles wins at this year Rolex Paris Master known as Rolland Garros French Open. The 33-year old Spanish lawn tennis player took the first bow on ATP tour on 29-04-2002 at the age of 15. And today, the Mallorcan is now 13 time Champions on the Rolland Garros French open record.What a great feat for unrelenting effort, as the 762nd ranked Nadal then managed to topple then 81st ranked Ramon Delgado on 6-4, 6-4 sets. It's such an amazing as the former world number one has joined the clubs of 1000 ATP masters after the three predecessors, Jimmy Connors (1274 wins), Roger Federer (1242 wins) and Ivan Lendl(1068 wins), despite loss only 201 encounter along the ways.  A little more than a month after winning his 13th French Open title, the superstar has managed to remain in the Top 10 for a record-breaking 790 consecutive weeks, overtaking American legend Jimmy Connors (789 weeks). 

Rafael Nadal poses with the French Open 2020 after defeating Novak Djokovic
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates with the trophy after winning the French Open final against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic REUTERS/Charl

Over the course of his journey, he finally went past Connors this week (789 weeks). Nadal has ove likes of the Swiss great Roger Federer (734 weeks), the Czech-American Ivan Lendl (619 weeks), and one of the greatest serve and volley players, Pete Sampras (565 weeks). The Serbian-machine Novak Djokovic is on 555 weeks and looks certain to extend that streak for a considerable amount of time.

Over the course of his journey, he finally went past Connors this week (789 weeks). Nadal has ove likes of the Swiss great Roger Federer (734 weeks), the Czech-American Ivan Lendl (619 weeks), and one of the greatest serve and volley players, Pete Sampras (565 weeks). The Serbian-machine Novak Djokovic is on 555 weeks and looks certain to extend that streak for a considerable amount of time.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer
Roger Federer of Switzerland shakes hands with Rafael Nadal of Spain after defeating him in the Men’s Singles Semi Final at The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club at Wimbledon on July 12, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Simon Bruty/Anychance/Getty Images)

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