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Roger Federer – Cincinnati Masters Leading up to US Open Title
He’s not back. Roger Federer never left. He has rough patches and slumps, but despite his age, the burdens of family life and the injuries that keep coming to nag him from time to time, the greatest player in the history of Tennis, fresh of his first Masters title (Cincinnati) in exactly two years, looks finally like someone who can win a Grand Slam, the up & coming US Open, again.
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10 Highest Paid Athletes in the World for 2014
According to the list of top 10 highest paid athletes in the world over the last 12 months, it’s great to be a soccer star (Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi), NBA legend (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant), great at Golf (Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson) or simply excel at Tennis (Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer). However, the best thing to be is Floyd Mayweather, leading the list for a third consecutive year.
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Rafael Nadal Can’t Lose in the French Open, Not Even to Novak Djokovic
The greatest clay court player of all time, Rafael Nadal, proved for the ninth time in his career that beating him in Paris, a best of five match in the French Open, is an almost impossible feat, even if he is far from his best and the player standing on the other side, Novak Djokovic, is actually better.
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Novak Djokovic – The Best Player in Tennis Once Again
We’re not used to seeing Rafael Nadal lose on clay so much, even if it is against Novak Djokovic. The Serbian star and number two in the world beat Rafael Nadal for the second time this season in a Masters tournament final, this time claiming the Italian Open in Rome to make it his third ATP 1000 title, and maybe placing himself as the favorite to win the Roland Garros for the first time in his career.
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Novak Djokovic – Once Again the Best Player in the World
There’s something about Key Biscane and the Miami Masters (or Sony Open) that brings out the best in Novak Djokovic, beating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3, once again denying the Spaniard and world’s number one from winning one of the few Masters tournament he has yet to win.
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Rafael Nadal Headlining the International Premier Tennis League
In a world with players who feel they need to be paid more for the exhausting schedule they’re involved in, a project like the International Premier Tennis League was bound to pop up sooner or later, and Rafael Nadal will be the premier name of this new competition, which will probably involve Andy Murray on the men’s side, while Victoria Azarenka is also going to be part of it.
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Is This the End of the Top 4 Era?
Stanislas Wawrinka beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the 2014 Australian Open hopefully signals some sort of change in men’s tennis and ushers in some sort of new era of parity, which means that it’s not going to be about Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer winning Grand Slam titles.
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Why Roger Federer is Still the Best Player in Tennis History
The easiest and most superficial way to compare tennis players is the number of grand slam tournaments they’ve won. Roger Federer is still the all-time leader with 17, and Rafael Nadal has some way to go before he catches up, stuck on 13. By that measurement alone Federer remains the greatest player of all time.
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Rafael Nadal – It’s Always an Injury, Never His Fault
What is it about Rafael Nadal, injuries and the Australian Open? Difficult to explain, probably impossible to comprehend. The sad thing about his back problems suddenly showing up were that they almost took away the significance and prestige of victory from Stanislas Wawrinka, who was putting on a wonderful show of Tennis before Nadal started feeling back pain in the Australian Open Final.
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Australian Open Semifinal – Rafael Nadal Beats Roger Federer
It wasn’t a fair fight after the first set. Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer in the Australian Open semifinal 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 in another dominant performance that makes it quite clear who is the better player, advancing to the final to face another Swiss player, Stanislas Wawrinka.