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To start off, I came across this article today about the next tournament to be held, The French Open at Roland Garros, which debuts today, and what scenarios could resolve during matchplay.
French Open '09: Nadal Drives for Five, Others Look to Survive | Bleacher Report
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The King of Clay Rafael Nadal will begin his quest for a 5thConsecutive French Open title as the 128 player field is set to begin doing battle on the fabled tennis grounds of Roland Garros Sunday.
If Nadal can accomplish the feat he will become the first ever to do it (leaving legendary Bjorn Borg behind), and he will also become the first player since Jim Courier in 1992 to win the first two Grand-Slams of the calendar year.
While the indomitable Nadal, undefeated in 28 previous matches on the Roland Garros clay, is the heavy favorite coming in, his loss to Roger Federer last weekend in Madrid has given the No. 2 ranked player (and a few other gunners in the top 10) a glimmer of hope.
Though it may be a small glimmer, maybe more like a ridiculously small sliver, it does exist, and it has the tennis world abuzz as the day of reckoning draws nearer.
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This is quite equivocally the story coming into Roland Garros this year,
and how the two top-ranked players should prepare for yet another
prodigious title match to determine a new chapter in tennis history.