French Open: Sunday 25 May to Sunday 8 June
Coverage: BBC TWO, Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website.
French Open
Final latest:
R FEDERER (Swi) v R NADAL (Spa)
0-0
* denotes server
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1400: Here they come, Rafa tells the pre-match interviewer something along the lines of, "It's always my intention to play well and win the title." But Rog hits right back with, "It's going to be a great match." Can the match possibly live up to that?
1347: "I think Federer has the game to win against Nadal more than ever before, but his mind will let him down. I have a bad feeling that after years of getting closer, this final will go to Nadal in straight sets, something like 6-4 6-2 7-6."
From towser83 on 606
1345: And it comes to this, as we surely knew it would. The world number one against the defending champion, the 'best player ever' against the 'best clay-courter ever', a man aiming to complete the career Grand Slam against a man aiming to match Bjorn Borg's four French titles in a row. You get the picture, it's a biggie.
The basics are - Nadal has won 10 of their 16 meeting and nine of 10 on clay; he has also beaten Federer at Roland Garros for the last three years, including in the last two finals; and the Spaniard is unbeaten in 27 matches at Roland Garros, having lost just eight of 89 sets. Fortunately Federer is.... Federer, and if anyone's going to stop Nadal, it's the Swiss star.
(BBC)
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