great post. I agree.
also the French have been pretty brutal to Rafa over the years. now he will own the French forever and ever.
his statues will be all over paris one day as they will use that ploy to lure even more tourists to france.
one day Rafa will have 11 RG crowns. French will surely learn their lesson by then if they have not already.
French davis cup coaches have trashed rafa for years saying things like he is too muscular for tennis and stuff. they said he gives tennis a bad name.
It's not the French people, it's the select few who want to paint the canvas the way they want it to be. I read a ton of articles where they said the French were firmly in Nadal's corner. I think the French have come a long way. Initially, they followed what the "experts" said, but slowly and surely Rafa won them over. It's just the commentators who keep painting a false picture.
It's funny though, because they actually got people to put Nole as the favorite, when statistically the numbers didn't bear that out.
But, I've seen this before. They did the same thing with Pete and Andre. They act like they can only like one player at a time. So immature.