On October 15, 2017, the Swiss won against the Spaniard in the definition of the Shanghai Masters 1000. AP Photo
If we have to talk about the history of tennis, one cannot leave aside the legendary confrontations between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Their epic battles where the beauty of the sport shone from beginning to end and, where in the end, everyone won after witnessing such a work of art.
With the Swiss already retired and the Spaniard about to finish a career to remember, this October 15, 2023 marks six years since the last time the two met in a final. Stage? The 2016 Shanghai Masters 1000. By then, Your Majesty He would end up winning one of his last great titles after beating the Spanish beast 6-4, 6-3.
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That trophy would be the second to last in this type of competition that the Swiss would win. Later, he could only consecrate himself in Miami 2019 compared to John Isner, while in the middle of these two championships, he would fall in the finals of Indian Wells 2018, 2019 y Cincinnati 2018.
2017 would be a year of greatness for Federer who would also add the Australian Open, Wimbledon, Indian Wells, Miami, Halle and the aforementioned Shanghai to his record.
However, that would not be the last time that two of the greatest tennis players in history would face each other again on the court. In Roland Garros 2019, The Spaniard would take revenge in the semifinals to displace the Swiss in three sets and just two hours and 25 minutes of play.
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And, to give final closure to this eternal and beloved rivalry, the Wimbledon 2019 semifinals would be the ones that would host these two beasts for the last time facing each other. For that occasion, Federer would win again in four sets to secure what was his last Grand Slam final, where he would fall to Novak Djokovic.
In total they faced each other 40 times, with a record in favor of the Spaniard of 24-16, with the 2004 Miami Masters 1000 being the first time they met face to face. By then Nadal would be the first winner between the two. The rest is history…
2023-10-15 20:15:04
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