Watch: Nadal Scorches the Most Mind-Blowing Forehand of the Roland Garros Fortnight in Final

When we say Rafael Nadal was feeling it during his 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Stan Wawrinka on Sunday at Roland Garros, we aren’t being trivial. The Spaniard was FEELING IT, and if you don’t believe us, simply watch the video above to see what kind of magic was flying off Nadal’s strings.#RG17: Twitter Reacts to Nadal's Paris Milestone Stretched out wide on the forehand side, Nadal wasn’t even in position to turn his head to track this shot. All he could do was put racquet to ball and let the thunderous applause from the Chatrier crowd inform him as to where this shot landed.It’s hard to tell from full speed video, but the ball landed in for the most remarkable winner of the Paris fortnight. NBC’s radar clocked it at a cool 99 MPH—the ball simply could not be struck any cleaner. ]]>

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