The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
6:10 p.m.
Rafael Nadal says he was "very scared" when he suffered cramp to his left wrist in the third set of his French Open victory against Dominic Thiem.
Nadal, in an on-court interview, also said he's sure that runner-up Thiem will win the tournament in "the next couple of years."
Nadal said the 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory in 2 hours, 42 minutes was his best match of the tournament. It was a first Grand Slam final for Thiem, a 24-year--old Austrian.
Nadal said of his wrist cramp: "I was very scared."
Ken Rosewall, who won the title in 1953 and 1968, presented Nadal with the trophy.
Tears welled in the eyes of the now 11-time champion as he was applauded by the crowd.
5:58 p.m.
Rafael Nadal has defeated Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to win a record-extending 11th title at the French Open.
Nadal becomes the second player in tennis history to win 11 singles titles at any Grand Slam tournament after Margaret Court, who claimed 11 Australian Open titles.
Nadal will remain at the top of the ATP rankings ahead of Roger Federer. Nadal and Federer have won the past six Grand Slam tournaments between them.
5:40 p.m.
Rafael Nadal briefly interrupted the French Open final against Dominic Thiem in the third set with an apparent problem with his left wrist.
He was serving in the fourth game when he went back to his chair and unwrapped strapping on his left wrist.
A trainer was called and he briefly inspected Nadal's left wrist.
Nadal then served out that game.
After Thiem served, the trainer reappeared and massaged Nadal's forearm and wrist.
Play has since resumed and Nadal now leads 4-2 in the third set.
He broke the Austrian in the third game of the set.
Thiem saved a first breakpoint in that game but couldn't save the second, hitting a forehand wide.
Nadal won the first two sets.
5:05 p.m.
Rafael Nadal is one set away from what would be a record-extending 11th French Open title, having taken the second set 6-3 in the final against Dominic Thiem.
Nadal won the first set 6-4.
Nadal had a brief moment of weakness in the first set, when the 24-year-old Austrian broke him in the third game. Since then, the Spaniard has been imperious.
He has not been broken since.
Nadal won the second set in 53 minutes.
Thiem is contesting his first Grand Slam final.
4:20 p.m.
Rafael Nadal has consolidated his lead in the French Open final by breaking Dominic Thiem in the Austrian's first service game of the second set.
Nadal now leads 2-0 in the second set, having won the first set 6-4.
Thiem's serving and shot-making under pressure were among his principle weaknesses in losing the first set.
Just 45 percent of Thiem's first serves went in, compared to Nadal's 65 percent.
The 24-year-old Austrian, playing his first Grand Slam final, made 18 unforced errors in losing the first set, and hit 11 clean winners.
Nadal had 12 unforced errors.
4:15 p.m.
Rafael Nadal has taken the first set of his French Open final against Dominic Thiem.
Serving to stay in the match at 4-5, the Austrian allowed mistakes to creep into his game.
He hit a forehand long for 0-30 and then hit another forehand into the net to gift Nadal three set points.
Nadal then took the set 6-4 when Thiem hit a forehand long.
4:10 pm.
Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is in the crowd enjoying a close-fought French Open final between Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem.
Since they exchanged breaks of serve in the second and third games, both have held serve, with Nadal now ahead 5-4, with Thiem serving next.
Thiem, 24, is showing no signs of nerves in his first Grand Slam final.
Nadal is looking as comfortable as ever on the Philippe Chatrier court where has previously won the title 10 times.
The crowd cheered when Zidane was shown on the big screen.
3:25 p.m.
Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem have exchanged breaks of serve in a hard-fought start to the French Open final.
Nadal broke Thiem in his first service game to give the 10-time champion an early 2-0 lead in the first set.
But Thiem showed resilience in getting two break points on Nadal's serve. He converted the second to make the score 2-1.
3:15 p.m.
Play has begun in the men's final of the French Open, with Rafael Nadal comfortably holding serve to love in the first game.
The 10-time champion is playing Dominic Thiem.
3 p.m.
Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters and James Bond actress Lea Seydoux have unveiled the Musketeers Cup that will be won by either Rafael Nadal or Dominic Thiem in the French Open final.
The trophy was carried into the Court Philippe Chatrier in a brown box during a brief ceremony before play begins and unveiled by the two stars of music and screen.
1 p.m.
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic have won the French Open for their first Grand Slam title in women's doubles.
The No. 6-seeded pairing from the Czech Republic beat Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday.
Krejcikova and Siniakova, who are both 22, were playing in their fifth major tournament together.
Siniakova was the doubles runner-up at last year's U.S. Open with a different partner.
The unseeded Hozumi and Ninomiya were the first all-Japanese duo to reach a Grand Slam final in women's doubles.
They knocked out the top-seeded pair of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the quarterfinals.
12:45 p.m.
Rafael Nadal bids for his record-extending 11th French Open championship when he faces Dominic Thiem in the final.
The top-seeded Nadal enters Sunday with a 10-0 record in title matches at Roland Garros and an overall career mark of 85-2 at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.
The 32-year-old Spaniard is also vying for his 17th major trophy, which would move him within three of Roger Federer.
The No. 7-seeded Thiem, a 24-year-old from Austria, is appearing in his first Grand Slam final.
He is the only man to beat Nadal on clay over the past two seasons, doing so twice.
The women's doubles final is also Sunday.
The forecast says there is a chance of rain.
The only man to beat Rafael Nadal on clay this year was Dominic Thiem.
And the only man to beat Nadal on clay last year was Thiem.
So if anyone could head into the French Open final with even the slightest reason to think there's a chance of preventing Nadal from winning a record-extending 11th championship at Roland Garros, it is his opponent Sunday. Yes, that's right: Thiem.
"For sure," said Thiem's coach, Gunter Bresnik, "this gives you a little hope."
Not any sort of certainty, of course. Not even necessarily a ton of belief. But, sure, a little hope.
Bresnik knows, right along with everyone else, what a difficult task it is to try to slow Nadal in a best-of-five-set match on his favorite surface and at his favorite tournament.
Nadal is 85-2 for his French Open career, 110-2 in all best-of-fives on clay.
The 32-year-old Spaniard is 10-0 in finals in Paris, winning the trophy every year from 2005-08, then again every year from 2010-14, then again in 2017.
"He's the best competitor in (any) sport, in my opinion, of all time. It doesn't matter what sport. The way he competes is unbelievable. He's physically strong, and you know he's not going to give up — at any score. He's not going to give you a free point if he's up 5-love or down love-5," Bresnik said. "This is why the guy was dominating clay-court tennis over the last 14 years like nobody else before. And nobody ever will."
This will be the 10th tour-level encounter between Nadal and Thiem. All have been on clay, and Nadal leads 6-3, including 2-0 in Paris, beating Thiem in the first round in 2014 and the semifinals a year ago.
But if there is a tad of intrigue entering this final, it is because of what happened in Rome on May 19, 2017, and in Madrid on May 11, 2018. On the first date, Thiem defeated Nadal 6-4, 6-3. On the second, Thiem defeated Nadal 7-5, 6-3.
Nadal is 49-0 in all other clay-court contests over the past two seasons.
"I know I have to play my best if I want to have chances," said Nadal, who needs to win Sunday to hold onto his No. 1 ranking.
Thiem's ability to bully opponents from the baseline was on display in his 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 victory over No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.
That put Thiem, a 24-year-old from Austria who is seeded No. 7, in the semifinals at the French Open for the third consecutive year. Now he's made it a step further.
"You know when you start the clay-court season that Dominic, he's one of these players that have the chance to win every tournament that he's playing," Nadal said, "and maybe even (more so) here in Roland Garros, because he's strong physically. He has the power."
That might be.
What is definitely true: Thiem has never been to a Grand Slam final until now.
So nerves could come into play in the early going against Nadal, who will be bidding for his 17th major title overall.
As for what sort of tactics will be employed Sunday, Nadal's coach, Carlos Moya, offered a hint.
"What will be important will be to try and make him play in uncomfortable situations," said Moya, the 1998 French Open champion. "When (Thiem) is dominating the point, he is very dangerous. Once he is running, he is not that dangerous."
And Thiem's approach?
"I know how to play against him," he said, without elaborating. "I have a plan."
A quick look at the French Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY
Rafael Nadal tries to win an 11th title at the French Open against Dominic Thiem, the only man to beat the top-ranked Spaniard on clay this season. Nadal has a 6-3 record against the seventh-seeded Thiem but the Austrian player prevailed the last time they met, in Madrid last month. That win ended Nadal's 21-match winning streak on clay and his streak of 50 straight sets won on his favorite surface. Nadal is bidding to become only the second player to win 11 titles at any Grand Slam tournament after Margaret Court, who won the Australian women's singles title 11 times.
SUNDAY'S FORECAST
Sunny with risk of storms. High of 80 degrees (27 Celsius)
FRIDAY'S WEATHER
Sunny. High of 77 degrees (25 Celsius)
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Women's final: No. 1 Simona Halep beat No. 10 Sloane Stephens, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
STAT OF THE DAY
40 — Halep became the first woman from Romania to claim a Grand Slam title since her current manager, Virginia Ruzici, won the French Open 40 years ago.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I'm really happy that I won this Grand Slam. Because being No. 1 without a Grand Slam, I always said, is not like everything, not 100 percent. So now I'm really happy." — Halep, after claiming her maiden Grand Slam title.