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Serena, Novak, Rafa on a roller coaster

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- We've just concluded two weeks of what you might call Australian rules tennis. Only those who were fit and in top-notch psychological shape prospered in the literal and figurative crucible of the first Grand Slam of 2009. Newly crowned champion Rafael Nadal outgutted Roger Federer on hard court, the last frontier of their rivalry. Serena Williams' Slam count clicked over into double digits, with no end in sight, and she and sister Venus added a doubles title f ...

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