Rafa rescues 5 to Watch

Rafa rescues 5 to Watch - The phenomenon that is Rafa Nadal was the rescuer of the 5 to Watch this weekend after his triumph for the fifth time in his career at Roland Garros, overcoming Robin Soderling in straight sets to take the French Open tennis title.


Elsewhere it was a pretty crummy effort.


I know South Africa, the world rugby champions, were in Cardiff to play Wales and they won. But the 34-31 victory was too close to gain much satisfaction from it. Still, we’ll take the win.


Two wins is about it. Rafa rescues 5 to Watch


Bradley Dredge was more drudge in the Welsh Open at Celtic Manor where a final round of 63 gave England’s Graeme McDowell the title.


There was another shock in the women’s tennis at the French Open when Francesca Schiavone overcame Aussie Samantha Stosur in straight sets to claim a Grand Slam first for Italian women.


And our Derby tip, Henry Cecil’s Bullet Train, didn’t feature in a race won in record time by another great man of racing Sir Michael Stoute with Workforce.


It's the World Cup next week. Back to footie!