Chasing a Legend ; Nadal Can Surpass Borg As Clay King

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PARIS After three consecutive French Open titles, Rafael Nadal will have no difficulty finding motivation for a fourth. The Swedish Ice Man's longstanding legacy is out there, inexorably luring Nadal to a greater place in tennis history.

There's no viable debate that the stone-faced Bjorn Borg is the game's greatest clay court player, but nine days shy of his 22nd birthday, Nadal already has taken a place alongside Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander on that second tier of elite dirt- ballers.

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Chasing a Legend ; Nadal Can Surpass Borg As Clay King

And if he can extend his Roland Garros record to 28-0 in the coming 15 days, beginning Monday with a first-round match against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil, there will be those ...

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