Nadal and Federer Crash and Burn: Murray, Simon to Finals

It Wasn’t Pretty… But…

The tennis world wanted a rematch of the 2008 Wimbledon finale in Madrid, Spain, but they’re going to have to wait as Andy Murray surprised world No.2 Roger Federer 6-3 3-6 5-7 and world No.1 Rafael Nadal was shocked by Frenchman Giles Simon beating the Spaniard 3-6 7-5 7-6(8-6)
In a grueling match [...]

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MADRID: TENNIS WORLD HOPING FOR RAFA-FEDERER CLASH

The Tennis World is hoping for a clash of the tennis titans as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer cruise into the semis. Rafa will play Giles Simon Saturday and Roger Federer matches up against Scotsman Andy Murray. Rafa and Federer haven’t played in a final or any other match since the Spaniard Nadal beat Federer at the 2008 Wimbledon spoiling Federer’s quest to win a record 6 straight titles at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club. At that time, Roger was still the world number 1 and Nadal the number 2. That has changed… Now the Majorcan carries the top rank and the Swiss is looking up for the first time in 5 years. A Nadal/Federer ticket would be great, But, first the tennis greats will have to take care of business in their semifinal matches first.

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ATP Masters Series Goes to Madrid: Nadal Quite At Home In Spain

Nadal, Federer thru to Madrid quarterfinals
10/16/2008 5:05:00 PM
Back to sanity and a sport that I can feel proud to write about… TENNIS.  The 2008 ATP Masters Series is rolling along again.  Madrid, Spain is the location for the event and all the big names have risen to the top of the draw with home favorite [...]

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