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ATP Classics: Nadal vs. Federer — How It All Began

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The official ATP retrospective on how the Federer-Nadal rivalry — widely considered the greatest in tennis history — began and evolved across 15 years and 40 matches on all four surfaces.

Source: ATP Tour

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