Nadal sweeps away Wawrinka to lift tenth French Open

Rafael Nadal dropped just six games against Stanislas Wawrinka to win an unprecedentedtenth French Open on Sunday.

Nadal beat the world number three 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to achieve his own version of La decima.

The Spaniard becomes the first man in history to win a single grand slam on ten occasions.

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Playing in his 22nd Grand Slam final,Nadaltriumphed in Paris without dropping a set for a third time.

He also lost just 35 games in total and only six in the final, his most comprehensive victory since allowing Roger Federer four games in the 2008 final.

"It's really incredible. To win La Decima is very, very special," saidNadal.

"I am very emotional. The feeling I have is impossible to describe.

"It's difficult to compare with other tournaments but the nerves and adrenaline I feel, it's like no other place."

Once Hollywood A-lister Nicole Kidman had helped unbox the Coupe des Mousquetaires to a crowd already wilting in 30-degree heat, the final was underway.

It was the 22nd Slam finale forNadal; just the fourth for Wawrinka, the oldest man in the championship match in 44 years.

Sunday was also the first time since 1969 that the Roland Garros final had featured two men over 30.

Despite having spent more than five hours on court getting to the final, 2015 champion Wawrinka had the first break point in the third game.

The 32-year-old couldn't take it andit proved to be the only break point he earned all afternoon.

From there, it was all downhill.

Nadalwas unable to convert four break points in the fourth game.

No matter as he broke through for 4-2 and then went to set point in the eighth game after a relentless forehand barrage sapped the will out of Wawrinka.

A backhand which sailed long gaveNadalthe first set with the Spaniard having crunched 10 winners to Wawrinka's four while committing half the unforced errors.

Nadalforced Wawrinka into another forehand error to break for 2-0 in the second set before the Swiss halted a run of seven games lost with a hold for 1-3.

But the song remained the same,Nadaltaking the set in the ninth game, just moments after Wawrinka, who knocked out world number one Andy Murray in the semis, had destroyed a racquet in utter frustration.

First game of the third set andNadalbroke again as the man who stunned him in the 2014 Australian Open final suffered further damage.

Nadalwas soon a double break to the good for 4-1, held for 5-1 and then claimed a huge slice of history when Wawrinka limply dropped a backhand into the net.

(WION with inputs from AFP)