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At the Australian Open today

By Cynthia Faulkner
ESPN.com

Monday, January 26, 2004

There are a lot of matchups in this tournament between guys playing at a completely different level from the last time they met. Two such men, who meet in the quarterfinals Wednesday, are No. 2 Roger Federer of Switzerland and No. 8 David Nalbandian of Argentina. First of all, don't let Nalbandian's origins fool you. He's not a clay-court specialist. In his Wimbledon debut, he reached the final. He nearly took away Andy Roddick's first major title in the semifinals of the U.S. Open. Nalbandian' ...

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