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**MaickiP** · 04-03-2009, 03:19 AM

It's totally a rivalry. Nadal is certainly leading right now. He's up 13-6 and has won the last 5, but he's having his best 12 months ever and Federer has not played his best.

Also, a lot of that is clay. Nadal leads 9-1 on clay. Without those matches, the record is 4-5. They're 3-3 on hard, and 1-2 on grass.

We've talked about this before, but many have said that the h2h is lopsided partly because Nadal couldn't make finals on hard or grass for a long time. If Federer wasn't as good on clay, or Nadal had been better on hard over the last several years, the h2h might be closer.

04-03-2009, 03:19 AM	#5
MaickiP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 641 Senior Member	It's totally a rivalry. Nadal is certainly leading right now. He's up 13-6 and has won the last 5, but he's having his best 12 months ever and Federer has not played his best. Also, a lot of that is clay. Nadal leads 9-1 on clay. Without those matches, the record is 4-5. They're 3-3 on hard, and 1-2 on grass. We've talked about this before, but many have said that the h2h is lopsided partly because Nadal couldn't make finals on hard or grass for a long time. If Federer wasn't as good on clay, or Nadal had been better on hard over the last several years, the h2h might be closer.
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