Summary
"Federer is a superstar," [Rafael Nadal] said. "If I don't play at 100 per cent, I'm going to lose, for sure."
Spectators who paid good euros for their tickets might have been upset to witness the first French Open men's semifinal to end in retirement, the record ninth of the tournament. Then again, they did get to watch an hour of magic from Federer, plus more than 2 1/2 hours of Nadal in all his scrambling, leaping, fist-pumping glory in the day's second match, a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7) victory over No. 4 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia.See the full content of this document
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Federer to Face Nemesis Nadal in Men's Final
By Howard Fendrich
PARIS -- Awful at the start, masterful enough later to produce shots that must be s...See the full content of this document
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