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__**Roger Federer**__


__**Introduction/Description**__

 * Roger Federer is a professional tennis player. He has the world record for Grand Slam tournaments won, 17. (The Grand Slam tournaments - Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open - are the hardest tournaments to win. Only the best players can qualify to play in them.) Federer was ranked the number one tennis player in the world at the height of his career, and continues to play as the number two. In 2014, he has lost just five matches and won many more. He also has made 220 aces this year. (Aces are when someone serves the ball and their opponent does not even touch it with their racket until the point is officially over. The point goes to the person who served the ace.) Some consider him the best tennis player ever alive. Roger** **plays right-handed, and he started to play tennis when he was just** **6 years old****.**

__ **Fun Facts:** __

 * ===Federer has made 8,488 aces in his career as a tennis player.===
 * ===Federer has played doubles tennis as well (doubles is when two players cooperate on the same side of the net against another team of two players).===
 * ===Federer was born in Bottmingen, Switzerland.===
 * ===Federer currently lives in Bottmingen, Switzerland.===
 * ===Federer plays for Switzerland.===
 * ===Federer started playing for the Association of Tennis Players (ATP) in 2001.===
 * ===Federer's wife used to play professional tennis in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).===
 * ===Federer does not like ping-pong because the table is too small for him to be able to move around; he is forced to stay stationary when he plays.===
 * ===Federer is 187 pounds, and he is six feet, one inch tall.===

=__Rafael Nadal__=



__**Introduction**__

 * Rafael Nadal, like Roger Federer, is a professional tennis player. He has the title "King of Grass," due to his impressive skills of playing on courts made of grass. Since he was young, his uncle Toni coached him, and still does. Nadal is left-handed, playing tennis, writing, brushing is teeth, etc. with only his left hand. Nadal, when he was young, played soccer as well and tennis, but when Uncle Toni asked him to chose on to pursue, he picked tennis. To this day, Nadal lives in his birth town, Manacor, in Mallorca, Spain.**



__**Fun**__ __**Facts**__

 * ===Nadal has made 1,187 double faults in his career (a double fault happens when a player hits a serve out of bounds twice in a row)===
 * ===Nadal started playing for the ATP in 2001===
 * ===Nadal has won eight of the nine French Open tournaments he has participated in===
 * ===Currently, Nadal is ranked number 6 in the world===
 * ===Nadal is 6 feet, 1 inch tall===
 * ===In 2014, Nadal has won 25 matches===
 * ===Nadal has a total of 13 Grand Slam titles===
 * ===Nadal has also played doubles, and his partner and he were ranked within the top 20 of the world at the peak of their doubles career together===
 * ===Nadal plays tennis for Spain===

__ **Federer and Nadal: Head to head** __
 * ===Federer and Nadal have played each other 33 times===
 * ===Federer defeated Nadal the first time they met in a match, but Nadal won the next two times===
 * ===Overall, Nadal defeated Federer 23 times===

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__Watch from 2:56 of the video to the end.__
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5. Nadal's racket had a "W" on it.
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__Websites:__
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__**Introduction/Description**__

 * Roger Federer is a professional tennis player. He has the world record for Grand Slam tournaments won, 17. (The Grand Slam tournaments - Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open - are the hardest tournaments to win. Only the best players can qualify to play in them.) Federer was ranked the number one tennis player in the world at the height of his career, and continues to play as the number two. In 2014, he has lost just five matches and won many more. He also has made 220 aces this year. (Aces are when someone serves the ball and their opponent does not even touch it with their racket until the point is officially over. The point goes to the person who served the ace.) Some consider him the best tennis player ever alive. Roger** **plays right-handed, and he started to play tennis when he was just** **6 years old****.</range id="508554196_3">**

__ **Fun Facts:** __

 * ===Federer has made 8,488 aces in his career as a tennis player.===
 * ===Federer has played doubles tennis as well (doubles is when two players cooperate on the same side of the net against another team of two players).===
 * ===Federer was born in <range type="comment" id="508554196_2">Bottmingen, Switzerland</range id="508554196_2">.===
 * ===Federer currently lives in Bottmingen, Switzerland.===
 * ===Federer plays for Switzerland.===
 * ===Federer started playing for the Association of Tennis Players (ATP) in 2001.===
 * ===Federer's wife used to play professional tennis in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).===
 * ===<range type="comment" id="508554196_4">Federer does not like ping-pong because the table is too small for him to be able to move around; he is forced to stay stationary when he plays.</range id="508554196_4">===
 * ===Federer is 187 pounds, and he is six feet, one inch tall.===

=__Rafael Nadal__=



__**Introduction**__

 * Rafael Nadal, like Roger Federer, is a professional tennis player. He has the title "<range type="comment" id="508554196_6">King of Grass</range id="508554196_6">," due to his impressive skills of playing on courts made of grass. Since he was young, his uncle Toni coached him, and still does. Nadal is left-handed, playing tennis, writing, brushing is teeth, etc. with only his left hand. Nadal, when he was young, <range type="comment" id="508554196_7">played soccer</range id="508554196_7"> as well and tennis, but when Uncle Toni asked him to chose on to pursue, he picked tennis. To this day, Nadal lives in his birth town, Manacor, in Mallorca, Spain.**



__**Fun**__ __**Facts**__

 * ===<range type="comment" id="508877754_2">Nadal has made 1,187 double faults in his career (a double fault happens when a player hits a serve out of bounds twice in a row)</range id="508877754_2">===
 * ===Nadal started playing for the ATP in <range type="comment" id="508877754_3">2001</range id="508877754_3">===
 * ===Nadal has won eight of the nine French Open tournaments he has participated in===
 * ===Currently, Nadal is ranked number 6 in the world===
 * ===Nadal is 6 feet, 1 inch tall===
 * ===In 2014, Nadal has won 25 matches===
 * ===Nadal has a total of 13 Grand Slam titles===
 * ===Nadal has also played doubles, and his partner and he were ranked within the top 20 of the world at the peak of their doubles career together===
 * ===Nadal plays tennis for Spain===

__ **Federer and Nadal: Head to head** __
 * ===Federer and Nadal have played each other 33 times===
 * ===<range type="comment" id="508877754_4">Federer defeated Nadal the first time they met in a match, but Nadal won the next two times</range id="508877754_4">===
 * ===Overall, Nadal defeated Federer 23 times===

__Watch from 2:56 of the video to the end.__
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5. Nadal's racket had a "W" on it.
=__Links:__=

__Websites:__
[|__http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/players/overview/atpf324.html__] [|__http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Roger-Federer.aspx__] <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [] __ [|__http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Rafael-Nadal.aspx__] [|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Nadal__] <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-T] __ <span style="font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none;">[|o-He][|ad.aspx?pId=F324&oId=N409]

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