PARIS (Reuters) – Spain’s Rafael Nadal, bidding for a record-extending 14th French Open crown, took the first set 6-3 against Norway’s Casper Ruud in the final on Sunday.
Nadal, trying to improve his report Grand Slam title haul to 22, and world quantity eight Ruud exchanged early breaks.
But the Spaniard broke once more to cost 4-1 forward and he served out for the set.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, enhancing by Ed Osmond)
