hello! welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time but hasn t confirmed that it ll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record breaking 1a times, as ben croucher reports. when rolon garris s canvas, one of tennis s great artists returned. but a modern nadal dell paints a different picture. the m time champion has lost little focus, finesse or fire, has lost little focus, finesse orfire, and even so has lost little focus, finesse or fire, and even so the famous ferocious forehand. bring tears to his feet and every moment of man magic from the spaniard. the fourth seed has spellbinding response. a final french open may be, a sign for sadness, no. not