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expergoe · 14 days ago

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Q. What was the thing about his game that impressed you the most and gave you the most trouble? ROGER FEDERER: Well, he's an outstanding athlete. Of course he moves totally different to most of the players. His forehand is huge, you know. Even on the run, you know, can hit it with the spins, backhand to the court, make you hit another tough shot. We'll see, of course, very much from him in the future. So for me this was a big match because I know what a great player he will be one day.

2005: a year after defeating Roger Federer in a shock upset in Miami, Rafael Nadal meets him for the second time in the 2005 final of the same tournament. Despite being up 4-1 in the third set, he eventually lost the match 6–2, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 1–6.

#rafael nadal #roger federer #tennis #atp tour #rafa nadal #fedal #*mine #sp.tennis #a.nadal #a.federer #was tempted to redo this one cos of the colouring but i'll leave it LOL #this was an interesting match. one of the few where rafa seemed to like genuinely give up?#whether it was bc he was still inexperienced in bo5 or because of the insane choke in the 3rd he really was not going as hard at the end #he looked a lil pissed too LMFAOOO #anyway i decided im going to TRY and gif every fedal match in this thing too . its my blog i can do what i want #rafa retrospective #date: 030405

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