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AAP Sports News (Australia)
06-09-2008
Ten: French Open champion Rafael Nadal

Factbox on Rafael Nadal, who won a
record-equalling fourth consecutive French Open title with a 6-1
6-3 6-0 victory over Roger Federer on Sunday.

Born: June 3, 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca, Spain.

Turned professional: 2002

Grand slam titles: Four (French Open 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

* Won his first ATP title in Sopot, Poland in August 2004,
defeating Argentine Jose Acasuso in the final. Later that year
beat Andy Roddick to help Spain overcome the United States in
the Davis Cup final.

* Lost to Igor Andreev in the quarter-finals of the Valencia
Open in April 2005 but from then on, he won a ...

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