Rafael Nadal of Spain holds each of his nine French Open Tennis tournament tennis championship trophies in this combination photo taken at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. The images are in chronological order from (L-R, top-bottom) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and June 8, 2014. When Roger Federer won his 17th grand slam title in 2012, it seemed his record haul would last forever as it took more than a century of trying for a super-human male athlete to come along and win that many major trophies. Yet only two years later, a younger, fitter, hungrier rival by the name of Rafa Nadal is now threatening to topple the Swiss from his perch after hoisting his 14th major silverware at Roland Garros on Sunday. REUTERS/Staff/Files

Rafael Nadal of Spain cries as he attends the trophy ceremony after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's singles final match to win the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts as he attends the trophy ceremony after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's singles final match to win the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Rafael Nadal of Spain (R) is congratulated by Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the trophy ceremony after after winning their men's singles final match at the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Rafael Nadal of Spain (R) is congratulated by Novak Djokovic of Serbia after winning their men's singles final match to win the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Rafael Nadal of Spain prepares to serve to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's singles final match at the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after winning his men's singles final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Rafael Nadal of Spain cries as he attends the trophy ceremony after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's singles final match to win the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts as he challenges Mikhail Youzhny of Russia during their men's singles match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts as he takes shelter from sand blown by the wind during his men's singles match against Mikhail Youzhny of Russia at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Winner Rafael Nadal of Spain shows the Ion Tiriac trophy to Spain's Queen Sofia as runner-up Kei Nishikori of Japan stands nearby after their men's singles final match at the Madrid Open tennis tournament May 11, 2014. Nadal won a second successive Madrid Open title when Nishikori was forced to retire in the third set of Sunday's final with an apparent back injury. REUTERS/Susana Vera

World number one tennis player Rafael Nadal of Spain is seen following a poker match against world number one female poker player Vanessa Selbst at Monte Carlo casino in Monaco April 11, 2014. Nadal will compete in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters from April 12 to 20. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return to Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's singles semi-final match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Rafael Nadal of Spain takes off his shirt during his men's singles match against Gael Monfils of France at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 18, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

Rafael Nadal of Spain signs autographs for fans during the Kids Tennis Day before the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne, January 11, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia and Rafael Nadal of Spain play an exhibition tennis match at a court set up on the deck of a ship, as the Perito Moreno glacier is seen in the background, near the Patagonian city of El Calafate November 22, 2013. Djokovic and Nadal are in Argentina to attend a farewell event on Sunday for Argentina's David Nalbandian, who is retiring from professional tennis. REUTERS/Sergio Villegas

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal and girlfriend Maria Francisca Perello
arrive for the ATP World Tour Gala at Battersea Power Station in London November 17, 2011. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during their Davis Cup World Group semi-final match at the Cordoba bullring September 18, 2011. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

Rafael Nadal of Spain takes a break during a training session at the Queen's Club Championships in west London June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with his trophy after winning the final of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament in Monaco April 19, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Rafael Nadal of Spain shakes his head after defeating Igor Andreev of Russia at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto July 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot to Russia Igor Andreev during their match at the Dubai Open tennis tournament February 28, 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Spain's Rafael Nadal is seen during his match against [Switzerland's Roger Federer] in their final of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 11, 2006.