S eventeen years ago, Rafael Nadal became the 24th world no. 1 in ATP history. On August 18, 2008, the 22-year-old ended ...

It was the time when Nadal's stomach was turning in Miami 2005 or the rough end-to-end comeback of Federer in the 2017 Australian Open final, but there was a unique moment of the classic appeal of ...

In March 2004, a teenage Nadal came up against then-world No 1 Federer for the first time at an ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami. Nadal won in straight sets, and did not face a single break point.

To be fair, their head-to-head record was close – with Nadal winning 24 times to Federer's 20 dating back to their first meeting at the 2004 Miami Open. But their rivalry was also with history.

World No.34 back then, Rafael Nadal, 17 years old, faced No.1 Roger Federer for the first time and beat him 6-3 6-3 in Miami 3rd round. The 1st chapter of a legendary 40 episodes series 🥹 pic ...