Rafael Nadal Roland Garros 2005
Rafael nadal a few days before the roland garros final novak djokovic s coach goran ivanisevic predicted a smooth victory for the world number 1 against clay king rafael nadal.
Rafael nadal roland garros 2005. Nadal on first roland garros title. After beating federer nadal wins first french open. 2 lleyton hewitt withdrew from the tournament due to injury was a strong favorite to win the men s title after winning the monte carlo and rome masters with guillermo coria a 2004 finalist and 2005 runner up. There s no french open this fortnight but we re not postponing our celebration of the spaniard s record setting roland.
Rafael nadal vs mariano puerta 2005 roland garros final highlights. Puerta 6 7 6 6 3 6 1 7 5. Nadal s first point at roland garros at just 18 rafael nadal had all the professionalism of a title winner plus the poise of a veteran. Peace of mind was fleeting jun 05 2020.
The 2005 french open was the 109th edition of the tournament rafael nadal seeded fourth at his first french open but was actually ranked world no. Rafael nadal beat mariano puerta in four sets to capture his maiden roland garros title in 2005. 5 at the time after then world no. A 16 year old rafael nadal should have made his grand slam debut at roland garros in 2003 only to suffer an elbow injury during practice leading up to the event.