But Nadal, rather than celebrating his 64th title on the surface and first since Roland Garros 2022, was dominated by Borges as he struggled to find fluency with his serve and ground strokes. 

“I don’t know what to say. I think I was wishing for this moment for a while already,” said Borges in his post-match interview.

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 “It’s crazy, in tennis it doesn’t happen when you expect it sometimes. I know we all wanted Rafa to win, a part of me wished that too, but something even bigger inside of me really pushed through today...I’m just really happy overall. I really don’t know what to say, I’m very emotional.” 

Borges was the first to make headway in the match when he broke the Spaniard’s serve to go 3-1 up, with Nadal saving break points before 
overcooking a forehand down the line.

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