Yahoo! Sports: Nadal vs. Djokovic — what a final it should be at Wimbledon

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange

WIMBLEDON, England — This is what sports is all about, the best against the best. In men's tennis these days it's a final offering the player who is No. 1 in the rankings, Rafael Nadal, against Novak Djokovic, the player who will replace him as No. 1 — if not necessarily replace him as Wimbledon champ.

Nadal has taken over the All England Lawn Tennis tournament, The Championships, from Roger Federer, winning the last two times he entered.

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CBSSports.com: Nadal's Grand U.S. Open win puts him in great talks

By Art Spander
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NEW YORK -- The best player in the world. Novak Djokovic shouted it to a packed stadium. He was talking about Rafael Nadal. He was saying something we already know.

What we don't know is whether Rafa might become the best player in history.

"Right now," insisted Djokovic, "he has the capabilities to become the best player ever."

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CBSSports.com: The Joker prevents possibly 'biggest match of all time' at Open

By Art Spander
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NEW YORK -- Mats Wilander said it would have been "the biggest match of all time," but it won't happen this year -- and maybe never.

Rafael Nadal made it to the U.S. Open final; Roger Federer didn't.

It was the man they call the Joker, Novak Djokovic, who ruined the plot, tore up the script, defeating Federer, 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5, Saturday in a semifinal of brilliance and surprise.

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CBSSports.com: While heat rages, Day 2 at Flushing Meadows is about survival

By Art Spander
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NEW YORK -- The endless summer, tennis in the heat of the day and night, matches with athletes looking for shelter and service breaks, a U.S. Open that on the second day seemed destined never to close.

"Somebody in the stands over there kept saying, 'Hang on, hang in there,'" remembered Novak Djokovic. "So that's exactly what I did."

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CBSSports.com: Nadal a level above the rest as Spain's memorable run continues

By Art Spander
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WIMBLEDON, England -- The reign of Spain stays mainly wherever Rafael Nadal swings a racquet, whether the clay of Roland Garros or the grass of Wimbledon.

Oh, that wrap-around top-spin forehand. Oh, that gleeful fist pump. Oh, that unusual somersault at Centre Court.

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