Rafa & Roger will meet again on Jan 1st 2011….maybe a sign of things to come for the entire season!
by bahamaderek on Dec.31, 2010, under Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will lock horns for the first time in 2011 when they contest the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. World number one Nadal eased through his semi-final with 6-4 6-4 success over Czech Tomas Berdych, while Federer rallied to defeat Sweden’s Robin Soderling 6-7 6-3 6-3. Spaniard Nadal had to battle to assert his authority in a hard-fought opening set, claiming the vital break in the ninth game. A double break then put him 4-1 up in the second set before Berdych broke back to love, but Nadal then held firm to seal the victory. Federer, the world number two, lost the opening set 7-3 in a tiebreak but then knuckled down to wrap up the victory with his 16th ace of the match. The Swiss star was avenging his defeat by Soderling at the Zayed Sports City’s International Tennis Complex last term.
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