Nadal wins French Open, regains No 1 ranking

Defeating Robin Soderling at Roland Garros, the fiery Spaniard Rafael Nadal grabbed his fifth French Open title. Nadal dished out a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 deafeat to Soderling to become the second man to clinch the French crown for the fifth time. Rafa stormed past the Swede in a two hours 18 minutes bout that seemed to be aimed at proving why he was known as the 'King of Clay'. I played my best match against you. If not, it's going to be impossible to beat you, the victor told 25-year-old Soderling during the trophy ceremony. With the scorching win at Roland Garros, the 24-year-old regains the coveted world number one ranking pushing aside the Swiss ace Roger Federer.