10 instances when a player survived a bagel in a Grand Slam final

Richard Norris Williams became the first male player to survive a bagel in a Grand Slam final

#10. Gaston Gaudio vs Guillermo Coria, 2004 French Open final

Gaudio won his only Grand Slam after staging a remarkable comeback against compatriot Guillermo Coria

Argentina have produced a couple of notable tennis players over the years but the golden age of Argentine tennis was during the early 2000s when the likes of David Nalbandian, Gaston Gaudio, and Guillermo Coria were producing some brilliant performances on the Grand Slam circuit.The 2004 French Open witnessed a series of brilliant performances from all three as they all reached the semi-finals with an unseeded Gaudio beating the eighth-seeded Nalbandian to set up a final encounter with the third-seeded Coria.Gaudio began the match perfectly as he bageled Coria in the first set before taking the second set 6-3. However, Gaudio held his nerve and made one of the greatest comebacks in French Open history by taking the next three sets 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 to win his first Grand Slam title and become the first Argentinian male to win a Grand Slam title since Guillermo Vilas in the 1979 Australian Open.

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