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A brief history of French Open champ Rafael Nadal, in 5 statues
CNN
French Open officials just unveiled a statue of Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, where he begins defense of his title this week. It's just the latest of many artistic renderings of the Spanish tennis star.
But imagine the psychological hurdle of competing against a player so dominant that he is immortalized in a statue outside the stadium? That's the challenge Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and other rivals face this week in Paris, where French Open officials just unveiled a new sculpture of Nadal by the tennis complex's main entrance.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250215004209.jpg)
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