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Nadal faces few obstacles en route to semifinals

By Ravi Ubha
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Tournament: U.S. Open Surface: Hard Draw: 128 Top seeds: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer In 2004, the last time Roger Federer was the second seed at a Grand Slam, he won the Australian Open. Surely he's hoping for the same outcome in New York. Federer is trying to become the first man to capture five straight U.S. Opens since Bill Tilden won six in a row starting in 1920. Standing in his way are the usual suspects, surging new No. 1 Rafael Nadal and third-ranked ...

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