Best of Rafa Nadal's 2022 Roland Garros | Wide World of Sports

He's uh this is this bit of a safe mode and I know he's trying to play defense but everything is just get it back into the to the middle and it's just sitting there nicely for Rafa eventually he's able to rotate the forehand into the open court great rally spire tennis a bit of ingenuity from the 13-time champion Rutei this is a wise shot backspinner he can hit more backspin off the backhand side but Rafa responds well a little bit of disguise I think with the ball below the level of the net Rutei couldn't really see what he was trying to do there with the racket face sensational the type of point only Rafa Nadal can win what a way to finish are these two supreme athletes or what oh well played on a chance then biggest obstacle would you believe it the shot of the tournament and what a time to find it absolute genius well of course anticipation this is a tremendous dig and you just run for the open having not played a shot like that the whole match and at the most crucial stage and winners up to the tie break and then the 13-time champion turns the screw and turns it on what a set 91 minutes Nadal saving four set points and takes it seven six he's missed it absolutely extraordinary point and is that going to be one of the definitive points of this semi-final well you could see that he's heaving taking in large deep breath of air I mean this is uh just lung busting your legs uh buckling as well oh Rafa using feather-like touch a ton of credit to Zverev and he's even chasing this one well it's Nadal at his best to move further back we see Rafa does that as well that's a normal scorcher from Nadal almost just expect it as he finds yet another pass he is the ultimate thief how does he do it steals another point yeah Nadal pounces again can do no wrong perfection on a clay court once again from Rafa Nadal just showing he can do absolutely everything it's serving to avoid the bagel right now love five trying to finish in style the greatest becomes even greater it is a 14th roll on garage title for the greatest player this great tournament has ever seen and ever will see a 22nd grand slam title as he breaks even more records becomes the oldest ever men's singles champion at Roland Garros and did it in emphatic fashion