French Open 2020 champion Rafael Nadal beat Feliciano Lopez after going down a set, and moved into the third round of the Rolex Paris Masters. The win also marks his 1,000th singles ATP Tour victory.
The top seed was playing tennis again for the first time since his French Open triumph and had to fight back to defeat fellow countryman Lopez 4-6 6-4 6-2, in just over two-and-a-half hours on Wednesday.
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The 34-year-old joins three other players – Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl in the Open Era to reach the milestone.
“To achieve that number is because I have been playing well for a lot of years and is something that makes me feel happy,” Nadal says.
“I just can say thank you very much to all the people that helped me and all the people that in any moment of my life helped me to be where I am.
“I know it is a very special number, 1,000. Even if it’s not the same to celebrate something like this without a crowd, I enjoy it with ATP, with the president of the French (Tennis) Federation, Guy Forget, supervisor and the ball boys.
“I enjoy it and just can say thanks to all of them to make this moment a little bit more special.”
Nice one,thats my guy