Hey everyone, as it is written, Wednesday is mailbag day …• Here’s Served’s Roland Garros draw show: Some of it still holds!• Good soldiering: Roland Garros coverage is on TNT and TruTv. Tennis Channel’s three-hour pregame show airs daily.

Few athletes have become more synonymous with a single event than Rafael Nadal and the French Open. The Spaniard won a record 14 titles at the grand slam in his career and Roland Garros gave its champion one final goodbye on Sunday.

More than any other player, Nadal revealed the innate awkwardness of the tennis farewell — and how glorious it can be when done right.