I think since the beginning of the year, you can see he's playing more aggressive, staying more close from the line.
His career record at Roland Garros reads 78 wins and just two losses. "And for that reason, I am having the success that I had".
Rafael Nadal the victor then, with a tenth French Open crown in just 13 years as the tennis world now turns its collective attention to the grass-court season and Wimbledon.
"You are a great example and it's always been an honour to play against you". "He's playing the best he's ever played", said Wawrinka.
Nadal lost only 35 games across seven matches. "Trust me, I'm very happy that I'm the one who did it", Nadal said.
It seems rather likely that the 18-time Grand Slam champion will win Wimbledon - he has geared his entire year towards it after all - but Nadal will be the real victor in terms of the rankings.
The high forehand to a one-hander's backhand, the shot that has been Roger Federer's nemesis, was working just as well against his compatriot.
Telling Words: "I played at the maximum of my power, my strength, and my capability, but Rafa was the best player".
"I am happy. I am enjoying every week, and I want to continue and I'm going to try to keep working hard to try to enjoy more lovely weeks". I was trying to do something different. From there it was all over for Wawrinka, who dropped serve to begin the third and was also broken two more times after that. "Five-set match, you know, it's going to be a really tough challenge when you play against him", said the Swiss. For me the nerves, the adrenaline I feel when I play on this court is impossible to compare to another feeling.
It was the 22nd Slam finale for Nadal; just the fourth for Wawrinka, the oldest man in the championship match in 44 years.
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"Wawrinka is a very risky opponent, so my mentality was that I can not give him the chance to be back on the match", he added. "But at the end of the day, there are a lot of positives to take from the past few weeks".
There is many, many, many good things. He continued his in-form performance on his favorite surface, where he recorded the most wins in 2017, at Roland Garros without losing a set en route to the final.
5 - Nadal is one of a quintet of men to win a career Grand Slam in the Open Era.
Rafael Nadal has been given a replica of the French Open trophy to mark his 10 titles at Roland Garros.
Wawrinka fought back from 2-1 down to Sir Andy Murray in the semi-final but had no answer to Nadal, who broke twice more in the third to claim title No10 with a straight-sets win.
Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to win the French Open for a record 10th time. He also won his first U.S. Open title, becoming the seventh man to win all four grand slam titles.
Nadal, 31, came through 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 against the Swiss third seed to claim his 15th major title.
"He won his 10th French Open today, so that's something huge".
The second game of the second set exemplified the sublime form Nadal was in.
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