BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS the French Open will be at least halfway done, and RAFAEL NADAL will still be involved barring injury, illness, catastrophe or force majeure. The traditional insurance policy “act of God” get-out clause is hardly applicable here: on the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God.
He has won the men’s singles 13 times. In four of those tournaments he has not dropped a single set from first match to last. Of those 13 finals, none have gone to a fifth set. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
