It’s righty vs. lefty. The No. 1 player in the world vs. the defending champion. Federer vs. Nadal.
Today’s French Open men’s singles championship in Paris pits the world’s top two players in a burgeoning rivalry that hearkens to the glory days of tennis: McEnroe vs. Borg, Evert vs. Navratilova.
Roger Federer of Switzerland, ranked No. 1 in the world a record 175 consecutive weeks and trying to win the only Grand Slam event he hasn’t won, faces Rafael Nadal, the Spaniard who has knocked him out the past two years. Nadal is bidding to become the first player since Bjorn Borg to win three consecutive French Open titles, 1978-81.
Whether you’re a tennis fanatic or couldn’t identify Ana Ivanovic if she was in front of you in the checkout line, it’s worth tuning in this morning (7 a.m., KUSA-9).
For a look at some of the legendary individual rivalries in sports history, .
