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Nadal extends his reign as the King of Clay

Oct 12, 2020

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Rafa Nadal lived up to his billing as the King of Clay, winning the French tennis Open title with a dominant straight sets victory over world number one Novak Djokovic.

The Spaniard says this was one of his best performances in recent years.

“For two sets and a half I played great. It is impossible to have this score against him without playing great. I played at my highest level when I needed to”

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This is a record-extending 13^th victory for Nadal at Roland Garros, and also equals Roger Federer’s record of 20 career Grand Slam titles.

Hamilton draws level with Schumi

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has won the Eifel F1 GP ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in the Renault.

It was Hamilton’s 91^st career victory, equalling the all-time record set by the great Michael Schumacher.

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Hamilton now leads the driver’s standings by 69 points, and is on course for his seventh world title – which would equal another one of Schumacher’s records.

Three Lions victorious

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England fought back from a goal down to beat Belgium 2-1 in their Nations League tie at Wembley.

Marcus Rashford had cancelled out Romelu Lukaku’s opener for the visitors, before Mason Mount netted the winner with a looping deflected effort, to send England to the top of their group.

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This is the first defeat since November 2018 for Belgium, who are the number one ranked team in the world.