No man in the history of world Tennis has ever claimed or won the same Grand Slam as many times, or has won as many as 59 matches on the red clay of Paris.

Since 2005, Nadal has only failed to win against Roland Garros who bagged his first French Open in his first try. But Sunday proved out to be historic in the life of Nadal.

Neither the tenacious play of his 31-year old countryman nor the drama of some protestors, brandishing through lighted flare could hamper his successful march to his 12^th major title.

With 17 grand titles, only Swiss player Roger Federer owns more Grand Slam among current players. Nadal now ranks third in the list of all time major winners, surpassing former greats Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver to tie Roy Emerson.

Among active men player only Roger Federer and former US Tennis player Pete Sampras, are ahead in the list.

Nadal, on Friday, survived French Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic and was wearing tape below his left knee during his triumph against Ferrer that could make no difference to its agility and speed throughout the match.

Against his friend and foe, on Sunday, Nadal made a perfect comeback ever since he began playing in February, following a seven-month break after rest from his dodgy knee.

Saina Nehawal defeated by the Juan Gu in the quarterfinals of the women’s single competition at the at the Nimitbutr National Stadium.

This was the first defeat to the Singaporean in six encounters.

In the first game, Saina started the match on the front foot to lead by 4-2 but her fortunes changed dramatically in the next game, Juan continuously put pressure in her and caught up with the Indian at 9-9.

Juan Gu came back strongly in the 2nd round, moving into the break at 11-7. She didn’t give Saina much chance to fight back and roared into the contest at 21-12.

Sania started the decider with a 5-2 lead but world number 23 Juan turned the tables soon to hold the benefits at 11-10.

Once again Sani Nehwal bounced back to lead 15-13 but the Juan showed immense character in wresting back the lead at 19-15 and then shut the door on the Indian shuttler.

Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were ousted in the first round of the men’s doubles event of the French Open in Paris.

On the other hand, Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer eased into the next stage of the French Open.

The Polish combination of Tomasz Bednarek and Jerzy Janowicz beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna by 5-7 4-6 in the French Open 2013 on last night.

The Polish pair Tomasz Bednarek and Jerzy Janowicz took just 76 minutes to dispose off the highly-rated Indian duo who looked completely out of sorts.

Now, Bednarek and Janowicz will face the winner of the match between Thailand’S Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana and Italian combination of Paolo Lorenzi and Potito Starace.

On the other hand, Leander Paes gave some relief to tennis Indian fans after he and Melzer notched up an easy straight-set win in the opening round.

Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Renavand by 6-3, 6-3 less than an hour.

The French-Polish combo Jeremy Chardy and Lukas Kubot beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna by 2-6 4-6 in the quarterfinals of the euro 4,303,867 clay court tournament.

With this defeat, Indian’s Challenge ended at the Madrid Open, Bhupathi-Bopanna squandered all the six points it earned in the second set.

The Indians team could win just 38 points to 62 of their rivals. Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer, who lost in the 2nd round to Tommy Haas and Radek Stepanek by 7-5 6-1 and ousted from the Madrid Open.

In the women’s event, Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands had also lost in the second round of the Madrid Open on yesterday.

Sania and Sands made an early exit after losing their second round match against Russian’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Czech’s Lucie Safarova by 5-7 1-6 in one hour 10 minutes.

Sania Mirza and her partner Bethanie Mattek could change just two of the eighth break chances they had against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova while dropped their serve on six occasions.

Sania Mirza and her American partner shared 12,000 euro as prize money and earned 140 ranking points each in the match.

Sania and her partner shared 12,000 euro as prize money and earned 140 ranking points each.

Serena Williams had battled in her last two matches but performed almost error-free tennis in the Sony Open semifinal.

Now, Serena Williams will face Russia’s Maria Sharapova for the Sony Open title on Saturday.

World No. 2 ranked Maria Sharapova who earlier beat Serbia`s Jelena Jankovic by 6-2 6-1 to reach finals of the Sony Open.

Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam last year but she has never won Sony Open despite and she will be looking for a change of luck in the finals to be played on tomorrow.

On the other hand, Ranked world No. 3 Andy Murray beat Marin Cilic by 6-4, 6-3 advanced to the men’s semifinals. Murray will now face Richard Gasquet, who beat Tomas Berdych by 6-3, 6-3.

On the other hand, country’s challenge ended in the men’s doubles with the defeat of Rohan Bopanna and his partner Rajeev Ram in the second round of ATP-WTA Sony Open.

Bopanna and Ram were knocked out by Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez by 6-4, 7-6 (5) In the men’s doubles second round.

Now, Sania and her partner Bethanie will be fight with Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci for a place in the semifinals.

Earlier, Somdev Devvarman was floored by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles while Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had knock out from the doubles after suffering second-round defeats with their respective partners.

The seventh seeds Leander Paes and his French partner Michael Llodra were ousted by the Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov and Denmark’s Frederik Nielsen by 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) in the second rounds that went on for nearly 90 minutes.

On the other hand, The third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor defeated by the Spain’s Nicolas Almagro and Austria’s Oliver Marach by 6-3 6-3 in second round matches less an hour.

While, India’s world No 254 Somdev Devvarman going down by 6-2, 6-4 against World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the third round on Sunday in just 68 minutes.

India’s Rohan Bopanna with his American partner Rajeev Ram and Sania Mirza won their respective opening doubles matches to book a second round berths.

A strict test though is waiting for Somdev as he next faces world number 34 Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who got a bye in his opening round.

The 254th ranked Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman has defeated a few top-100 players after making a comeback this season. Triumphs against world number 39 Benoit Paire and 78th ranked Bjorn Phau were memorable ones.

In the match between Somdev and Donskoy, Somdev stored 6 break chances in the opening set but unsuccessful on one occasion and that let the Russian run away with the lead and the momentum.

On the other hand, in the doubles event, 7th seeds Leander Paes and Eileen Llodra will open their campaign against Kas Christopher and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

The 3rd seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor have been drawn against Rich Gasquet and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

While, Rohan Bopanna and Rajeev Ram face Eric Butorac and Paul Hanley in their opening round.

This title is Nadal’s 3^rd Indian Wells ATP Masters title and first hard court title since 2010 and a record 22nd title in an elite Masters event.

“Seriously, it`s impossible to have better come back, no? Happy for everything,” Nadal was quoted as saying in media reports on Sunday.

On the other hand, Maria Sharapova beat Caroline Wozniacki by 6-2, 6-2 in the women’s final in straight sets to win her 2^nd Indian Wells ATP Masters title.

Sharapova said after the match, ”I always felt like I was always a foot ahead, especially with the breaks. I was able to serve well today, and that helped me”.