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Federer, Roddick dueling for Open title

By MaliVai Washington
ESPN.com

Sunday, August 29, 2004

The question coming into the year's final Grand Slam is, who can challenge Roger Federer at the U.S. Open on tennis' biggest stage? Since he won the Australian Open in January, no one has shown he can really threaten Federer to the point that his No. 1 ranking is in any kind of jeopardy. His losses in Cincinnati and Athens only prove he's human and subject to fatigue if his schedule isn't handling properly. Other than those blips, it's obvious that he's on a single-minded mission to stay No. ...

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