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Message: <blockquote data-quote="snowgirl" data-source="post: 583249" data-attributes="member: 110"><img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/tennis/specials/french_open/2007/06/10/mens.final.ap/t2.nadal.wins.sikluet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />PARIS (AP) -- There it stood, so tantalizingly close.As Roger Federer tried in vain to solve Rafael Nadal in the French Open final, the silver Coupe des Mousquetaires -- the only Grand Slam trophy missing from the No. 1-ranked player's collection -- sparkled in the sun behind a baseline, 10 feet overhead.So successful everywhere else, so superb against everyone else, Federer once more succumbed to Nadal at Roland Garros, one win short of a French Open title, one win short of a fourth consecutive major championship, one win short of a career Grand Slam.Instead, it was Nadal who made a bit of history Sunday, showing true resolve on the biggest points to beat Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and become only the second man since 1914 to win three consecutive French Open titles.<a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/tennis/specials/french_open/2007/06/10/mens.final.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories" target="_blank">Read More...</a></blockquote>

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