Rafael Nadal has become the first Tennis player, man or woman, to win the same Slam 12 times after beating Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem in four sets to lift a 12th men's singles French Open title.
The Spaniard No. 2 seed won for the third straight year at Roland Garros with a 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 victory in a high-quality final. Nadal improved to an almost unbelievable 93-2 in Paris.
The 33-year-old is the first player to win 12 singles titles at the same Grand Slam and has now won 18 majors overall.
Rafa Nadal continues to make tennis history and continues to move up the all-time list of major titles in men's tennis.
Thiem finally took a set off of Nadal, his first in their four matches at the French Open, but that's a cry from winning a best-of-five-sets match against the greatest clay court player in history. Nadal beat Thiem in straight sets in last year's French final.
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