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Discuss “New players emerge on the tennis scene”

The U.S. Open, the last slam of the year, finished up a few weeks ago. There’s still more tennis, though, including the Davis Cup and the year-ending championships where the top eight players battle it out. But now that the slams are done, we can review the season.

Roger Federer, continuously ranked number one since Feb. 2, 2004 (yes — that’s a record), reached his seventh, eighth, ninth, and 10th consecutive Grand Slam finals (yes — that’s a record), winning the Australian and U.S. opens and Wimbledon for his 10th, 11th, and 12th titles (Federer should tie Pete Sampras’s record of 14 next season). Rafael Nadal continued his dominance on clay, winning the French Open for the third straight time.

The Federer-Nadal rivalry started...

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