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Roger Federer confirmed that he will skip the Paris Masters after winning his eighth title in Basel, which will allow Nadal to confirm his year-end No1 status with one more win.

Nadal has confirmed that he will return to action at the Paris Masters after skipping the Swiss Indoors in Basel owing to a knee injury.

Federer has admitted that he could skip the Paris Masters to remain healthy to challenge for the title at the ATP Finals in London.

Roger Federer has lost just four times in 48 matches in 2017 while winning six of the 10 events he has entered.

Roger Federer has beaten Rafael Nadal on all four occasions in 2017 to make it five straight wins over his long-time rival.

Federer does not believe he has set a trend that sees many a top player taking lengthy injury breaks in order to emulate the Swiss star's successful 2017 campaign.

Andy Murray will play an exhibition match against Roger Federer in November before making his competitive comeback in January next year.

Federer congratulated his long time rival on the first anniversary of the Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy that opened in Mallorca last year.

Roger Federer wants to ensure that he remains fit to challenge for all the major titles in order to stop Nadal overtaking him, says Rusedski.

Novak Djokovic is looking forward to getting back to winning ways when he makes his comeback from injury in 2018.

Nadal will not play in the Swiss Indoors after picking up a knee injury handing Federer a chance to lessen the points deficit their race for the year-end number one ranking.

Roger Federer is wary of Juan Martin del Potro and Stan Wawrinka, says former Great Britain tennis star Greg Rusedski.

Roger Federer still has a chance to finish the year as the world number one after beating Nadal in the final of the Shanghai Masters.

Federer is now the only man who can prevent Nadal from finishing the year as the world's number one on the ATP rankings.

Federer and Nadal booked their places in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters with wins over Richard Gasquet and Grigor Dimitrov respectively.

Federer is fresher than the other players going into the final weeks of the 2017 season after taking a nine-week mid-season break.

Roger Federer is 2360 points behind Rafael Nadal in their fight for the year-end number one ranking with four tournaments left to play.

Roger Federer admits that getting to 100 ATP titles will be special, but is mainly focusing on remaining healthy for the rest of the campaign.

Roger Federer has refused to rule out playing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games ending any talk about potentially retiring in the near future.

Rafael Nadal won his sixth title of 2017 beating Nick Kyrgios in the final of the China Open and now has one more trophy than Roger Federer in 2017.

Andy Murray has been urged to follow Federer and Nadal's example in terms of scheduling tournaments when he returns to action in 2018.

Carlos Moya has warned against writing off Djokovic after the Serb ended his season early due to injury.

Nadal can extend his 1960-points lead at the top of the world rankings over Federer by reaching the latter stages of the China Open.

Alexander Zverev says he must mirror Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's insatiable desire to improve as motivation to kick-on after an encouraging 2017 season.

Nadal was seen advising Roger Federer during his match against Nick Kyrgios.

Nadal is currently 3 behind Federer's 19 men's singles Grand Slam title record.

Nadal and Federer have won five titles apiece including two Grand Slams each in 2017.

Nadal achieved the men's singles number one ranking for the first time since July 2014.

Nadal is at the top of the world rankings with 1960-points ahead of number two Federer.

Nadal has won five titles including two majors on his way to securing the number one ranking.