roger tryes a drop shot but nadal gets to it. federer in for the kill but nadal sends it back. he rips the volley over the net. he is pumped. nadal wins the first and second sets. in the third, federer in the far court. up 6-5. exchanging ground strokes from the baseline. check out federer with the drop shot. he wins the third set, 7-5. and he is thinking come back. but nadal is just too good. up 5-1. serving for the championship. and federer's forehand is long right here and that's it, nadal wins his sixth french open title. check out the emotion. he ties the record. it is also nadal's tenth major victory and may have been the most difficult to earn. here's nadal. >> it was hard in the beginning but of that was a big change in my game. i think today was a great final i'm happy to be here. thank you very much to everybody. i feel very lucky. >> nadal improves to 17-8 overall against roger federer. that's impressive, mr. craig melvin. >> yeah it is. >> zimmerman making his first start today. finishing 2-2 with double, triple and rbi. he is recover from abdominal surgery and coul