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Federer to face nadal in the final for a third straight year ; Rafael Nadal yesterday brushed aside the challenge of Germany's Rainer Schuettler to advance to tomorrow's Wimbledon final.
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Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
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July 5, 2008
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Rafael Nadal yesterday brushed aside the challenge of Germany's
Rainer Schuettler to advance to tomorrow's Wimbledon final.
Nadal will face defending champion Roger Federer for the title
for the third straight year after beating unseeded Schuettler 6-1 7-
6 (7/3) 6-4 in a minute over two hours on Centre Court.
The second seed will therefore have another chance to become only
the third man in the Open era - after Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg - to
win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year.
Federer will be seeking his sixth straight title after easing
past Marat Safin in straight sets in the day's first semi-final.
Nadal said: "I'm very happy to be in the final another time,
Wimbledon is a ...