TOP seed Roger Federer of Switzerland will play triple defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain in the French Open final tomorrow, the third straight year the pair have met for the title. In yesterday's semi-finals, Federer won through with an unconvincing 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 win over unseeded Gael Monfils of France. Second seed Nadal earlier had pounded Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). Federer will be going for his 13th career Grand Slam title, one short of the record of 14 held by Pete Sampras. Nadal will have a shot at equalling Bjorn Borg as the only man to win four straight French Open titles. The Swede achieved that feat in 1981. "The key was the first game when he allowed me to break and after that he was behind all the time," Federer said of Monfils. "But he held on and battled hard and I am just...
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