Everyone expected a Nadal clinch the French Open title, considering how he dominated the clay court season this year.
Nadal was given a time violation warning at the start of the second, but Wawrinka could not halt his charge as the Spaniard bounded into a 3-0 lead in the second having won seven games in a row.
Nadal did not drop a set all tournament on his way to his 15th Grand Slam title overall.
That's for sure. But I will need few days to really see that, because it's tough to describe the feeling of losing a Grand Slam final.' He also spoke more detailled about Nadal and said: 'That's something tough to describe when you just say you won 10 French Open.
Nadal moved into sole possession of second place in men's majors, pulling away from American Pete Sampras and once again getting to within three of Federer, who skipped Roland Garros to prepare for the grass-court swing. Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are the only others to do so.
The King of Clay first won the French Open in 2005 as a 19-year-old. It was his 18th crown.
And Wawrinka was quick to acknowledge that he simply could not live with Nadal, who will rise to second in the world rankings as a result, as he addressed him after the match.
It marked a stirring return to the top for Nadal in his favourite event and on his favorite surface: Over his career, he is now 79-2 at the French Open and 102-2 in all best-of-five-set matches on clay. The nerves, the adrenaline I feel when I play on this court, it is impossible to compare. "Just for me, it's the most important event in my career, without a doubt".
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"To play Rafa on clay in the French Open in a final is probably the biggest challenge you can have in tennis", he said.
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Nadal immediately put Wawrinka in the same position on the next game. "I enjoy playing tennis every week". Nadal needed just one as he forced Wawrinka wide and the Swiss overcooked his forehand to hand the Spaniard the advantage in the match.
His play at the French Open hasn't been, that's for sure. The Spaniard won three titles on the Tour before entering Roland Garros.
Yet third seed Wawrinka is not the sort to throw in the towel, as he showed in his epic five-set semi-final win over world number one Andy Murray.
"This has been, I think, a ideal Roland Garros for me", said Nadal, who dropped just 35 games in total on his way to a 15th grand slam title but his first for three years.
Margaret Court is the only player to have won more editions of the same grand slam, with 11 wins at the Australian Open, but her run of success began before the Open Era in 1968.
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