So Woods, Federer and Brady - perhaps all the best in their respective sports.
He hit more winners, more forehand winners and more aces than Federer and had fewer errors.
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Kit sold through Federer and Woods are not subsidiaries of Nike, but you can't miss the connection.
Djokovic, Federer and Nadal: He has 18 victories against them and a winning overall record against Mr. Federer.
His 11 Grand Slam titles in the Open era trails only Federer and Pete Sampras (Borg also has 11).
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The rivalry between Roger Federer and Nadal never had this much agony.
As long as Nadal and Federer and Serena and Andy Roddick are playing, people will flock to Flushing Meadows.
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"They are both big wins, of course, " said Soderling when asked to compare the victories over Federer and Nadal.
In 2010 and 2011, against Federer and Djokovic, he didn't win a set.
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Roger Federer and Tiger Woods are the names that spring immediately to mind from the current generation of sporting stars.
Will he join Roger Federer and Michael Jordan at causing little or no offenses on or off the field of play?
Injury has taken a toll, as has the misfortune of playing in an era dominated by all-timers like Federer and Rafael Nadal.
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Much is made these days of the chumminess of Federer and Nadal.
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It was also a reminder of how far Djokovic has come since lagging behind Federer and Nadal at the beginning of his career.
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It sounds easy, but it took Murray and Djokovic years to master it as Federer and Nadal piled up major title after major title.
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain on course to meet in the final of the Qatar Open after both claimed quarterfinal wins on Thursday.
There were fears that the Briton was suffering from glandular fever, something that has hit both Roger Federer and Mario Ancic in recent years.
Murray was disappointed after failing to reach the last four of a field which has already seen top seeds Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic eliminated.
Then it became a contest of two (Federer and Rafael Nadal) and, starting in 2011, a party of three (with Djokovic as an unwelcome guest).
Federer and Nalbandian have been drawn in the Red Group of round-robin matches along with Ivan Ljubicic and Andy Roddick, who play later on Sunday.
In the men's draw, second seed Roger Federer and world No. 3 Andy Murray both continued their strong starts to the tournament with emphatic victories.
So for both Federer and Nadal, imperfect preparation has to suffice.
Arguably his major claim to fame is playing in the longest match of all time at Wimbledon in 2010, though he has beaten Federer and Djokovic.
That's more than Nadal has played Federer and only four fewer times than John McEnroe played Jimmy Connors (Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras also met 34 times).
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Murray has skipped the ATP event in Doha, where Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are playing and where is was defending champion, to play in the Hopman Cup.
Davydenko this week repeated his victories over Federer and Nadal from the 2009 season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London, where he beat Del Potro in the final.
Just ask soccer players David Beckham and Christiano Ronaldo, or American sports stars like Tiger, Kobe, Jeter, and Wade, or tennis stars like Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal.
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The win consolidated Djokovic's position as the No. 1-ranked player in the world, while Federer and Murray will be second and third when the ATP rankings are released Monday.
But the simmering frustration within men's tennis took a very public turn recently when it was revealed that the great tennis rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are at odds.
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For years Federer and Nadal have stood together as a kind of classy firewall against the creep of corruption and boorishness that oozes into nearly every crevice of professional sports.
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