Has there ever been a more dominant sportsperson in a particular area or discipline within their sport than Rafael Nadal at the French Open in Roland-Garros? If anyone can answer ‘yes’ to this question then please contact me on Twitter with your answers!
Nadal’s record at the French Open is genuinely mind-blowing. Regardless of his victory in straight sets against Casper Ruud on Sunday, he would have held a higher than 95%-win record at the tournament dating back to 2005.
This statistic in isolation is extraordinary but I guess could be matched by, for example, Usain Bolt’s win ratio in the 100m or Michael Phelps’ dominance in the pool at times; but yet there is so much more to Nadal’s record.
