Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal: Something for Everyone in "The Magic Box"

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Published: December 23, 2010

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MADRID, Spain — If you could have front-row tickets to any sporting contest ever, what would it be?

A classic rematch like Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier? Something more modern, like a LeBron vs. Kobe one-on-one?

Well, if you’re a tennis fan it doesn’t get much better than Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer. The only thing that could make these epic battles possibly more quixotic would be to take the obscene amount of cash these events would bring in and, say, donate it to charity…oh, right before Christmas, no less! Yeah, that would be the best.

While Kobe vs. LeBron might be in the works (yeah, just like Pacquiao vs. Mayweather), Nadal vs. Federer is for real, and it is the year of giving for these two.

Not only has “Fedal” given us some of the best tennis in decades, showing the world what happens when speed and agility meet finesse and technique, for the first time ever this pair will duel for charity. After their wildly successful “Hit for Haiti” doubles and mixed doubles campaigns, these two broke the seal with their first-ever one-on-one matches against each other, on back-to-back days, in different countries…on Christmas week!

The No. 1 and No. 2 in the world met in Madrid, Spain on Dec. 22 in their second charity faceoff to raise funds for the Rafa Nadal Foundation. The match followed less than 24 hours after their first benefit in Zurich, in support of the Roger Federer Foundation. La Caja Magica, or “The Magic Box” arena, in Madrid seats more than 11,000, yet tickets were sold out in less than six hours—fans obviously eager to witness another chapter in tennis’ best rivalry.

But not even “best” describes the mojo between these two court doyens. Their rivalry is, well, unrivaled.

For instance, I could have asked any of the clearly biased Spaniards enjoying the match whom they were rooting fo...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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