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Reasons Why Roger Federer Will Never Win the French Open

By David Higdon

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Twice in the past three years, the 25-year-old native of Basel, Switzerland, has won three of four Slams, and he's been crowned Wimbledon champ four years running. But Federer's résumé lacks one significant callout: a championship on the terre battue, the crushed red brick of Roland-Garros (where play begins on May 27). Why? Read on. ONE FOR TONIGHT Grand Slam events are unique in tennis. Rather than one week of three-set matches, Slams are two-week marathons of five-setters. Winning a typica ...

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