Rafa Regains his Throne

Spain's Rafael Nadal captured his 10th French Open Men's Singles title with a straight sets demolition over 2015
Champion Stan Wawrinka.

Champ10n. With an incredibly dominant two weeks at his favorite major, Rafael Nadal slaughtered his way through the field to capture his 10th Roland Garros title, 15th overall Grand Slam and climbed back to his highest ranking since 2014 of No. 2 in the world. This was Nadal's first major championship in three years, when he defeated Novak Djokovic in a tough four-set final at Roland Garros. His 15th Grand Slam puts him second All-Time behind Roger Federer (18), as he broke his tie with the best American player of All-Time, Pete Sampras. Nadal was incredibly dominant, arguably more dominant than ever before at the French Open, as he did not surrender a single set and didn't allow any opponent to win more than four games in any set in seven matches. In the semifinals he routinely dismissed young gun Dominic Thiem, who had beaten him just a couple weeks earlier in Rome. He followed that up with an equally punishing display of physical clay court tennis against 2015 Champion Stan Wawrinka, who was slightly fatigued after his marathon semifinal victory against World No. 1 Andy Murray. It is incredible to see the Mallorca native playing at this level after going through a couple of less-than-stellar seasons, by his standards, on tour. He has accomplished everything he set out to do in professional tennis, and he is potentially playing his best tennis right now at age 31. This season, Nadal and Federer are showing why they are the two greatest players of All-Time. After all their success over the years, they are regaining their form as the two best players in the world in 2017, which not many would have predicted a year ago with Djokovic and Murray having seemingly established themselves as the two players to beat on tour. Now, Murray and Djokovic are struggling with their form, and Nadal and Federer have won virtually every big tournament this season. With the clay court season behind us, we now look ahead to the grass where Federer will return to the court and look to capture his 8th Wimbledon crown. It will be interesting to see if Nadal can continue his top notch form as he prepares for the quick surface change. For now, he will surely enjoy and savor this French Open title as he continues to add trophies to his incredible professional career.