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 - statue is not enough
Federer's coach Ljubicic wants more recognition for Nadal at Roland Garros
ATPTuesday, 07 June 2022 at 21:00
Updated at Tuesday, 03 December 2024 at 17:24
By winning his 14th title at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal created history in more ways than one. Roger Federer's ex-coach, Ivan Ljubicic, has come out to say that the Spaniard deserves more than just a statue.
The 2022 Roland Garros will forever be remembered as the one when Rafa Nadal won his 14th title in Paris, a feat we may never see again. Not only that but by beating Casper Ruud, the Spaniard has still never lost a final at Roland Garros.
The impressive stats do not stop there either, with him now becoming the only ever person to win the singles event at a Grand Slam 14 times. Faced with a serial record-maker inevitably nearing the end of his career, Roland Garros had to honor the Spaniard in one way or another.
Therefore, the organizers decided that the right way to do that would be to commission a statue of the great on the grounds of the Parisian Grand Slam, which has been met with overwhelming support.
However, there are some people in the tennis world who think that this statue does not necessarily go far enough to honor a once-in-a-lifetime great.
Roger Federer's former coach Ivan Ljubicic is one of them, who claims that a statue cannot do justice to what the man from Manacor has achieved and given to the sport.
"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 - statue is not enough."
While it's highly unlikely the event would ever change the court name, Ljubicic is probably not the only one who would want to see this happen. Only time will tell to see whether the tournament will go further in honoring their greatest-ever champion.
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