Rafael Nadal's winning path to the French Open title ending with his defeat of David Ferrer in Sunday's final:- RAFAEL NADAL 1st rd: bt Daniel Brands (GER) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-3 2nd rd: bt Martin Klizan (AUT) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 3rd rd: bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x27) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-4 4th rd: bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x13) 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 QF: bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x9) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 SF: bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 9-7 F: bt David Ferrer (ESP x4) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 afp

Rafael Nadal defied David Ferrer as well as a worrying security breach to become the first man to capture the same Grand Slam title eight times on Sunday with victory in the French Open final. Nadal claimed his 12th major with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 win over his Spanish compatriot who was playing in his first Grand Slam final at the age of 31 and at the 42nd time of asking. It also gave Nadal his 59th win out of 60 matches played in Paris.

Statistics on the French Open men's singles final on Sunday in which Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in 2hr 16mins: Nadal Ferrer ------------------------------- Aces: 5 1 Double-faults: 2 5 First serve percentage: 70 62 Net points won/played 13/17 10/14 Winners: 35 22

Rafael Nadal defied David Ferrer as well as a worrying security breach to become the first man to capture the same Grand Slam title eight times with victory in the French Open final. Nadal claimed his 12th major with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 win over his Spanish compatriot who was playing in his first Grand Slam final at the age of 31 and at the 42nd time of asking. It also gave Nadal his 59th win out of 60 matches played in Paris.