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The Spaniard says there's more to life than chasing Roger Federe's major title count.

As the GOAT of tennis debate rages on with no end in sight, Rafael Nadal is more than happy to drop out of the arms race—at least for the time being.

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After winning his 11th Roland Garros and 17th major title on Sunday Nadal says he has no interest in chasing Roger Federer’s record of 20 major titles. Now that doesn’t mean he won’t chase down titles with the same ferocity that he won Roland Garros with on Sunday—it simply means that the Spaniard isn’t obsessed with the numbers, and the numbers have zero impact on his quality of life.

"I have never been crazy about this kind of stuff," said Nadal in Paris on Sunday. "You can't always be frustrated if somebody has more money than you, a bigger house than you, if somebody has more Grand Slams than you.”

Nadal says that envy isn’t in his arsenal the same way that a banana forehand and wicked crosscourt backhand are.

"You can't live with this feeling,” he said, adding: “Of course I would love to have 20 like Roger in the future or even more but it's not something that is on my mind."

Nadal, who turned 32 at Roland Garros, is more than four years Federer’s junior. The Swiss will turn 37 in August and he has won four majors since he turned 30. Nadal has already won three majors behind his thirtieth birthday, which leads some to believe that he could be in line to one day catch Federer.

But time keeps marching on, and Grand Slam titles will not get any easier to win for Nadal. He knows this and he’s at peace with whatever the future may bring.

Hello everybody. You can imagine the happiness today. Now back at home in Mallorca and will post later some pictures on my Instagram account from these weeks at @rolandgarros thanks all for your support pic.twitter.com/mXcyz1m5TO

— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) June 11, 2018

"You can't fight against age and you can't fight against the watch,” he said. “The watch keeps going always. So that's it. If you tell me seven, eight years ago that I will be here at 32 years old having this trophy with me again, I will tell you that is something almost impossible, but here we are.”

There’s more to life than racking up major titles, says Nadal. He’s a man who enjoys his fishing and boating and family time with equal zest. Long after the last ball is struck, Nadal will still be content with his lot in life, and that’s part of what makes him so special.

"So I am not much worried about the future,” he said. “Tennis is a very important part of my life, without a doubt, but is not everything."

Novak Djokovic has taken a wild card into the Fever Tree Championships.

Novak Djokovic has decided to play on grass this season after all. The Serb was famously quoted as saying he didn’t know if he was going to play on grass at all this season after his loss to Marco Cecchinato. Those quotes caused quite a stir when the Serb made them, but many were wise to recognize that Djokovic was in no mood to talk about anything after a loss that clearly stung him–in no mood to look ahead, he was simply avoiding the question.

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Question answered…

On Monday the Fever Tree Championships announced that the Serb has taken a wild card into the main draw for the ATP 500 event at Queens Club that begins next week.

“I’m very excited to be playing the Fever-Tree Championships again,” said Djokovic in a statement. “I have happy memories of reaching the final at the Queen’s Club 10 years ago and also winning the doubles title.”

"After the exciting events in Rome and Paris, I'm ready for new challenges,” the Serb added. “Grass is very special, it is the rarest of surfaces so I'm happy I'll have the opportunity to compete at this strong tournament, which will also be a great preparation for Wimbledon. Marian Vajda and Gebhard Phil-Gritsch will be with me in London, and this makes me happy.”

Djokovic: "I am very excited to be playing the Fever-Tree Championships again. I have happy memories of reaching the final at The Queen’s Club 10 years ago and also winning the doubles title. The atmosphere is always great." pic.twitter.com/bJanSGqf9b

— Fever-Tree Championships (@QueensTennis) June 11, 2018

Djokovic owns four grass-court titles and a 77-17 lifetime record on the surface. He owns a 6-3 lifetime record at Queen’s Club, and played the final in 2008 where he lost to Rafael Nadal.

Djokovic has played the final at four different grass events, triumphing at Eastbourne last season and Wimbledon in 2011, 2014 and 2015.

Djokovic joins a singles line-up led by World No.1 Rafael Nadal, 5-time champion Andy Murray, and fellow Grand Slam title winners Juan Martin del Potro, Marin Cilic and Stan Wawrinka.

The Romanian hopes her hard work sends a message to young girls in her country.

Simona Halep hopes that her maiden major title will serve as an inspirational moment for the youth of Romania. Backed by full-throated support of many Romanian fans in attendance at Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris on Saturday, the 26-year-old battled her way past Sloane Stephens to become the first Romanian to win a Grand Slam since Virginia Ruzici in 1978.

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Fellow Romanian groundbreaker Nadia Comaneci, who helped foster a gymnastics boom in Romania after she won three gold medals in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, and another two in 1980 in Moscow, knows of the power of a seminal achievement in sport.

“Every 40, 50 years, there comes somebody who breaks the rules, and they make history,” Comaneci told Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times. “I think it’s great. It’s amazing for Romania, for sport in Romania, because you always have a young generation who look up to someone and say, ‘If she can do it, I can do it.’”

Halep’s effort was particularly inspiring because it was a work of perseverance. After dropping her first three major finals–including a heartbreaker at Roland Garros last year–and enduring a trying 2017 that saw her lose three times when a win would have taken her to No.1 in the world for the first time, she has picked herself off the canvas to realize her childhood dream.

Halep, who won the Girls’ singles title at Roland Garros in 2008, became the first Romanian to ever finish a season as World No.1 in 2017, but her heartbreak wasn’t over—she lost a grueling Australian Open final to Caroline Wozniacki in January and had to be hospitalized for dehydration later that evening. But the struggle and the associated doubts are all behind her now—all that’s left is immense relief, and pride.

“The fact that I didn’t give up after [last year's final in Paris] means that I’m strong inside and I do this just because I love this sport,” Halep said, according to Rheem Abulleil of Sport 360. “I love to be competitive on court. And I have learned in those 12 months that if you don’t give up you’re able to do anything. So I hope the kids are taking this and the Romanians will believe more in themselves.”

Romanians will get a chance to see Simona in person on Monday when she will celebrate her new status and show off the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen at the National Arena Stadium in Bucharest, which can hold up to 55,000 spectators.

Simona is presenting the Roland Garros trophy tomorrow night 8PM on the National Arena Stadium in Bucharest. 55k people can fill in the stadium. Time to celebrate her, Romania 🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩 pic.twitter.com/4wRHgy69WH

— Ramona Toderaş (@RamonaToderas) June 10, 2018

Perhaps the next Romanian Grand Slam champion will be in attendance? One can certainly dream, now more than ever.

The King of clay let his emotions flow after another emotional victory. After winning his 11th Roland Garros title, and picking up the Coupe des Mousquetaires, Rafael Nadal let his emotions flow in Paris as the crowd showered him with applause.

ALL the feels for @RafaelNadal. #RG18 pic.twitter.com/SD4f0mKSFa

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 10, 2018

The Spaniard became the first male to win the same major 11 times on Sunday with his 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Austria’s Dominic Thiem.

Nadal now owns 17 major titles which puts him three behind Roger Federer for the all-time lead. The Spaniard joins Margaret Court as the only tennis player to win 11 majors at the same major—Court won 11 at the Australian Open.

Men’s Singles Grand Slam titles, all-time

Federer, 20
Nadal, 17 💪
Sampras, 14
Djokovic, 12
Emerson, 12
Laver, 11
Borg, 11#RG18

— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) June 10, 2018

30 & over #GrandSlam champions leaders in Open Era:
.@rogerfederer 4
Rod Laver 4
Ken Rosewall 4
.@RafaelNadal 3
.@AndreAgassi 2
.@JimmyConnors 2
.@stanwawrinka 2

— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) June 10, 2018

The French duo had a third when it came to celebrating their first Roland Garros title. Nicolas Mahut had a surprise guest after he and doubles partner Pierre Hugues-Herbert won the Roland Garros title on Saturday: his son!

THE CUTEST THING YOU WILL SEE TODAY:

Nicolas Mahut was greeted on-court by his 6-year-old son after winning the French Open men's doubles title. 😍 pic.twitter.com/71N0bBPa6L

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) June 9, 2018

His six-year-old Son Natanel raced out onto Court Philippe-Chatrier to join the pair’s victory celebration, creating one of the most memorable moments of the tournaments for Les Bleus.

Mahut and Herbert captured their third Grand Slam title and became just the third all-French men’s doubles pairing to win Roland Garros with a 6-2, 7-6(4) victory over Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. Herbert and Mahut become the first all-French team to win three major titles in the Open era with the victory, and improved to 3-0 lifetime against Pavic and Marach.

Quel magique! @p2hugz and @nmahut become the third all-🇫🇷team to win the men's doubles title at @rolandgarros! It's their 3rd major title.

The atmoshpher on #Chatrier is incredible! pic.twitter.com/hezuUlz6IJ

— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) June 9, 2018

The scene was already charged with electricity before Mahut’s son joined the celebration, and it got even better after that.

.@NMahut's son knows all the right moves for the perfect celebration!@p2hugz approves.#RG18 pic.twitter.com/VhkhskwbZA

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 9, 2018

Hitting the high notes… #RG18 pic.twitter.com/KyJvj6faZj

— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) June 9, 2018

Women's final, Men's doubles final, junior finals and wheelchair finals highlight a busy day 13 in Paris. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 3pm

Women's Singles final
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [10]

Men's Doubles final
Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6] vs Oliver MARACH (AUT) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [2]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am

Nathalie DECHY (FRA) & Amelie MAURESMO (FRA) vs Kim CLIJSTERS (BEL) & Nathalie TAUZIAT (FRA)
Sebastien GROSJEAN (FRA) & Michael LLODRA (FRA) vs Alex CORRETJA (ESP) & Juan Carlos FERRERO (ESP)

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Boys' Singles final
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Chun Hsin TSENG (TPE) [4]

Girls' Singles final
Caty MCNALLY (USA) contre Cori GAUFF (USA) [16]

Boys' Doubles final
Ondrej STYLER (CZE) & Naoki TAJIMA (JPN) vs Ray HO (TPE) & Chun Hsin TSENG (TPE) [5]

Girls' Doubles final
Yuki NAITO (JPN) & Naho SATO (JPN) [3] vs Caty MCNALLY (USA ) & Iga SWIATEK (POL)

Court 3
Play starts at 11am
John MCENROE (USA) & Cedric PIOLINE (FRA) vs Michael CHANG (USA) & Henri LECONTE (FRA)

Court 7
Play starts at 11am

Men's Wheelchair Singles final
Shingo KUNIEDA (JPN) vs Gustavo FERNANDEZ (ARG) [2]

Women's Wheelchair Singles final
Yui KAMIJI (JPN) [1] vs Diede DE GROOT (NED) [2]

Men's Wheelchair Doubles final
Stephane HOUDET (FRA) & Nicolas PEIFER (FRA) [1] vs Frederic CATTANEO (FRA) & Stefan OLSSON (SWE)

Women's Wheelchair Doubles final
M.BUIS (NED ) & Y.KAMIJI (JPN) [1] vs D.DE GROOT (NED ) & A.VAN KOOT (NED) [2]

The Americans are making a name for themselves on the junior circuit.
Fourteen-year old Coco Gauff, of Delray Beach, Fla., and 16-year old Caty McNally, of Cincinnati, will play for the French Open girls' singles title Saturday in Paris, marking the the second year in a row that two Americans are playing for the girls' singles title at Roland Garros, after Whitney Osuigwe beat Claire Liu in Paris last year.

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Per the USTA, the match comes with some historical significance in terms of junior tennis:

This is the first time since the French Open girls' competition began in 1953 that two consecutive singles finals have featured four differrent players from the same country.

Should Gauff (14 years, 2 months) win, she would be the fifth youngest French Open girls' singles champion, following Martina Hingis (1993, 12 years, 8 months); Jennifer Capriati (1989; 13 years, 2 months); Hingis (1994, 13 years, 8 months) and Gabriela Sabatini (1984; 14 years, 21 days).

Making a name for herself.

14-year-old @CocoGauff — the youngest entrant in the 64-player draw — keeps her #RG18 dream alive! She powers past Eleonora Molinaro (6-2, 7-6(1)) to make the Girls' @rolandgarros semifinals without losing a set.

You go, Coco! ✊🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/4vjW2t1bt1

— Mouratoglou Tennis Academy (@MouratoglouAcad) June 7, 2018

This will be the ninth junior singles title won by an American boy or girl since 2015.

Eyes on the prize🎾😊 #semis#RG2018 pic.twitter.com/oqTfr8u6sT

— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) June 7, 2018

Gauff reached the US Open girls' final last year at the age of 13, which made her the youngest girls' singles finalist in US Open history. Gauff has spent time training with Patrick Mouratoglou at his academy in France.

The 23-time major champions needs two weeks of rest before returning to the court. Serena Williams has a muscle injury but not a tear, according to her coach Patrick Mouratoglou.

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In an interview with Christopher Clarey of the New York Times, Mouratoglou told Clarey that Williams can begin training again without any complications in 15 days. She suffered a pectoral injury at Roland Garros and had to pull out of her round of 16 singles match with Maria Sharapova.

Spoke with Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena's coach, who says her pectoral injury is not serious and she will be able to play Wimbledon. As for the doubles….. https://t.co/V7wrMIfV6D

— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) June 7, 2018

“It’s a muscular injury, and if she had continued here, it would probably have become a tear,” Mouratoglou told Clarey. “So in 15 days, it should normally be healed, and she will be able to play again.”

The coach is taking a hard line against Williams playing doubles again with his sister, but he confessed that the decision is ultimately not his.

“If she does [play doubles], the same thing to me again, it’s incredible,” he said. “Normally [the answer is] no and with the discussion we had afterward, it’s impossible. But with her, you never know. She’s unpredictable.”

Williams is bidding to tie the all-time Grand Slam title record of 24. She is currently tied with Steffi Graf for second-most Wimbledon titles all-time among women. Martina Navratilova leads all women with nine.

Given that she needs 15 days to rest, it is unlikely that Williams will play any pre-Wimbledon events.

The Frenchman needs more time to heal his surgically repaired left knee.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has officially withdrawn from Wimbledon.

The 33-year-old Frenchman, out since February and operated on in March to have the meniscus in his left knee repaired, plans to return after the summer when he is fully fit, per Eurosport.

Tsonga is a two-time Wimbledon semifinalist who reached the quarters in 2016 and also in 2010.

He is currently ranked 52 and will drop out of the top 60 after Wimbledon.

The final four semifinal spots are up for grabs on Day 11, with Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Garbine Muguruza headlining on Chatrier. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 2pm
Garbine MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28]
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [11]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 2pm
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Angelique KERBER (GER) [12]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [6]

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Mansour BAHRAMI (FRA) & Fabrice SANTORO (FRA) vs Mikael PERNFORS (SWE) & Mats WILANDER (SWE)
Not before 12pm
Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6]
Timea BABOS (HUN) & Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [1] vs Eri HOZUMI (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN)
Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) & Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [2]

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Iga SWIATEK (POL) vs Clara BUREL (FRA)[13]
Leylah Annie FERNANDEZ (CAN) [15] vs Maria Camila OSORIO SERRANO (COL)[3]
Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX)[6] vs Elisabetta COCCIARETTO (ITA)[9]
Elsa JACQUEMOT (FRA) & Olympe LANCELOT (FRA) vs Ana MAKATSARIA (GEO) & Alexa NOEL (USA)[7]
Caty MCNALLY (USA) & Iga SWIATEK (POL) vs Maria Camila OSORIO SERRANO (COL) & Xiyu WANG (CHN) [2]
Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX)[1] & Clara TAUSON (DEN) vs Sofya LANSERE (RUS) & Kamilla RAKHIMOVA (RUS)

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Kyrian JACQUET (FRA)
Arnaud CLEMENT (FRA) & Nicolas ESCUDE (FRA) vs Thomas ENQVIST (SWE) & Andrei MEDVEDEV (UKR)
Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA) vs Antoine CORNUT-CHAUVINC (FRA)
Ondrej STYLER (CZE) & Naoki TAJIMA (JPN) vs Harold MAYOT (FRA) & Valentin ROYER (FRA)
Julie BELGRAVER (FRA) & Loudmilla BENCHEIKH (FRA) vs Elina AVANESYAN (RUS) & Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [6] vs Nicolas MEJIA (COL) [9]
EnvsShuo LIANG (TPE) [1] vs Caty MCNALLY (USA)
Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) & Oksana SELEKHMETEVA (RUS) vs Mylene HALEMAI (FRA) & Manon LEONARD (FRA)
Baptiste ANSELMO (FRA) & Emilien VOISIN (FRA) vs Aidan MCHUGH (GBR) & Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [3]
Clara BUREL (FRA) & Yasmine MANSOURI (FRA) [8] vs Chloe BECK (USA) vs Taisya PACHKALEVA (RUS)

Court 12
Play starts at 11am
Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [12] vs Xiyu WANG (CHN) [8]
Tristan BOYER (USA) [11] vs Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA) [8]
Cori GAUFF (USA) [16] vs Xinyu WANG (CHN) [2]
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) & Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA) [1] vs Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) & Tyler ZINK (USA)
Drew BAIRD (USA) & Nicolas MEJIA (COL) [4] vs Jesper DE JONG (NED) & Yanki EREL (TUR)
Georgia DRUMMY (IRL) & Simona WALTERT (SUI) vs Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [6] vs Cori GAUFF (USA)

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA) vs Chun Hsin TSENG (TPE)[4]
Joanna GARLAND (TPE) vs Qinwen ZHENG (CHN)[11]
Deney WASSERMANN (NED) vs Sebastian KORDA (USA)[2]
Yuki NAITO (JPN) & Naho SATO (JPN) [3] vs Margaryta BILOKIN (UKR) & Viktoriia DEMA (UKR)
Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA) & Gilbert SOARES KLIER JUNIOR (BRA) vs Hugo GASTON (FRA) & Clement TABUR (FRA) [2]
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) & Deney WASSERMANN (NED) vs Jonas FOREJTEK (CZE) & Dalibor SVRCINA (CZE) [8]

Court 16
Play starts at 11am
Yuki NAITO (JPN)[10] vs Clara TAUSON (DEN)[5]
Ray HO (TPE) vs Nick HARDT (DOM)
Adrian ANDREEV (BUL)[7] vs Carlos LOPEZ MONTAGUD (ESP)
Ray HO (TPE) & Chun Hsin TSENG (TPE) [5] vs Facundo DIAZ ACOSTA (ARG) & Thiago Agustin TIRANTE (ARG)
Andrew FENTY (USA) & Uisung PARK (KOR) [6] vs Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP) & Carlos LOPEZ MONTAGUD (ESP)

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Marion BARTOLI (FRA) & Martina NAVRATILOVA (USA) vs Kim CLIJSTERS (BEL) & Nathalie TAUZIAT (FRA)
John MCENROE (USA) & Cedric PIOLINE (FRA) vs Sergi BRUGUERA (ESP) & Younes EL AYNAOUI (MAR)
Not before 2pm
Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) & Robert FARAH (COL) [8] vs Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Ivan DODIG (CRO)[2]
Tracy AUSTIN-HOLT (USA) & Lindsay DAVENPORT (USA) vs Conchita MARTINEZ (ESP) & Sandrine TESTUD (FRA)