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Federer confident he can halt season-long drought during clay season

By Ravi Ubha
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, April 17, 2008

And so it begins. Again. For the fourth straight year, Roger Federer seeks to complete his Grand Slam collection at the French Open, something standouts Pete Sampras, Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker all can relate to. They were bamboozled by the red clay and ultimately failed in Paris. For the second consecutive year, Federer entered the dirt season in turmoil, having, remarkably for him, failed to win a tournament in four tries in 2008 and trying to overcome the aftereffects of mono. He sh ...

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