Hey everyone, as it is written, Wednesday is mailbag day …• Here’s Served’s Roland Garros draw show: Some of it still holds!• Good soldiering: Roland Garros coverage is on TNT and TruTv. Tennis Channel’s three-hour pregame show airs daily.

More than any other player, Nadal revealed the innate awkwardness of the tennis farewell — and how glorious it can be when done right.

Nadal is known as The King of Clay for a reason: 14 of his 22 major titles came at Roland-Garros. The Spaniard won his first French Open in 2005, just days after his 19th birthday, before going on an unprecedented run at the tournament over the following two decades. Nadal won his final French Open in 2022, days after turning 36.