US Open: Fans look forward to a Nadal-Federer final

FED-EX VS NADAL: Going on current form, the favourite would certainly be the young Spaniard.

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New Delhi: There are more events on the way to satiate the sporting appetite now that the Olympics are over.

The year's final grand slam, the US Open is now underway in New York and the big question is whether Roger Federer can stop Rafael Nadal from making a great year even better.

For a couple of years now, Roger Federer versus Rafael Nadal has been much like a boxing contest.

Nadal has knocked Federer out the last few times, so it's not a surprise that another final between them is being built up as the "grapple in the apple", by none other than boxing's ultimate showman, Don King.

Going on current form, the favourite would certainly be the young Spaniard.

Nadal has already won two grand slams and the Olympics single's Gold and though the hardcourts of New York have never before favoured Nadal, he is hoping to change that.

Federer on the other hand has won the US Open every year since 2004 and wouldn't want to end the year without a single Grand Slam to his name, but he concedes that Nadal will make it difficult.

Another great chapter in the Nadal-Federer rivalry is going to open in a couple of weeks and with that to look forward to, sports fans will stay glued to their TV sets.

(WIth inputs from Pavitra Sazawal)