{"id":17588,"date":"2024-01-29T16:53:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rafael-nadals-2007-french-open-winning-racket-sells-for-118k\/29\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:53:29","slug":"rafael-nadals-2007-french-open-winning-racket-sells-for-118k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rafael-nadals-2007-french-open-winning-racket-sells-for-118k\/29\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal’s 2007 French Open-winning racket sells for $118K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rafael Nadal<\/a>‘s racket from his 2007 French Open final victory over Roger Federer<\/a> was sold for more than $118,000 at an auction Monday, ranking among the highest-priced such memorabilia.<\/p>\n

Nadal beat Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2007 final in Paris to win his third Grand Slam title before the Spaniard moved on to secure 19 more — 14 of them at Roland Garros — to become one of the sport’s greatest players.<\/p>\n

The racket, which Nadal also used in previous matches at the tournament, including his semifinal victory against Novak Djokovic<\/a>, sold for $118,206 at an online auction, Prestige Memorabilia’s The Tennis Auction, that closed on Monday.<\/p>\n

It was previously housed in the Australian Tennis Museum prior to its recent closure.<\/p>\n

Previous highest individual tennis racket auction sales include Nadal’s 2022 Australian Open racket ($139,700), Billie Jean King’s “Battle of the Sexes” racket ($125,000) and Djokovic’s 2016 French Open racket ($107,482).<\/p>\n

Nadal missed the recent Australian Open this month after suffering a small muscle tear during his comeback from a long injury layoff at the Brisbane International earlier in January. The 37-year-old, however, is set to return on the court in February during the ATP 250 tournament in Doha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rafael Nadal‘s racket from his 2007 French Open final victory over Roger Federer was sold for more than $118,000 at an auction