“Statue is not enough” Ivan Ljubicic awestruck by Rafael Nadal’s dominance at the French Open, suggests changing the name of Court Philippe-Chatrier

“Statue is not enough” Ivan Ljubicic awestruck by Rafael Nadal’s dominance at the French Open, suggests changing the name of Court Philippe-Chatrier

Rafael Nadal and Court Philippe-Chatrier

Rafael Nadal has been able to achieve what no other player is even close to achieving in the world right now. The Spaniard has managed to win 14 French Open titles at the world-famous Court Philippe-Chatrier.

To commemorate the greatness of Nadal the French open decided to make a Statue of Rafael Nadal right outside the court. Even after getting his own statue Nadal isn’t leaving any chance to stop impressing people through his magnificent performances.

At the age of 36, he managed to pull out something which the world wasn’t expecting, even from a person of his caliber. He has now moved ahead of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the race to most grand slam titles won in their career.

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Nadal now sits comfortably at a whooping 22 grand slam titles won in his career compared to 20 for both Federer and Djokovic. He has managed to seal the G.O.A.T. title for himself unless we see the other two-thirds of the big three pull something unbelievable.

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Ivan Ljubicic believes a statue isn’t enough for Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal with his 2022 French Open trophy
Rafael Nadal with his 2022 French Open trophy

Ivan Ljubicic who has been a French Open Semi-Finalist himself and managed to his highest world ranking of world No.3 complimented Nadal for the amazing win at Roland Garros this year.

According to him, it’s time that the Court Philippe-Chatrier should be renamed Rafael Nadal for his heroics on that particular court. Philippe-Chatrier was the first person to bring tennis as a sport to light in the way he did and he deserved the court to be named after him.

However, it can’t be denied that Rafael Nadal has achieved some great things on that particular court. With an unreal 14 grand slam titles and counting, he truly does deserve something more than just the statue.

Ivan in the tweet wrote, “Not many PLAYED 14 @rolandgarros tournaments. He won it 14 times. There is no word to describe this feat. Don’t think good old Phillippe would mind if his court changes the name to Rafael Nadal – the statue is not enough”

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