Nadal gets ₦1.2 billion with French Open title

Nadal will also add 2,000 points to his tally as he looks to end the year in top spot.

Nadal gets ₦1.2 billion with French Open title
Nadal-French Open

Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud battled it out in the final of the French Open, with the trophy once again going to the Spaniard for the 14th time.

The win sees Nadal take home a cheque of 2.2 million euros compared to Ruud's 1.1m euros as finalist.

Nadal will also add 2,000 points to his tally as he looks to end the year in top spot.

He's already secured a spot at the Masters Cup in Turin, which runs from November 13-20, and also now sits fourth in the overall rankings, just 270 points behind the injured Alexander Zverev.

As for Casper Ruud, he collects 1,200 points as a finalist, and now sits sixth in the overall rankings behind Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas.