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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.

Former French Open finalist Henri Leconte has praised the career resurgences of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as he reveals the changes they made to be successful in 2017.

A look at how Roger Federer can overtake Rafael Nadal in the ATP tennis rankings and end the year as the new world number one.

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

Toni Nadal believes Rafael Nadal can challenge Roger Federer's status as the best player of all time if he keeps winning Grand Slams.

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.

Roger Federer has revealed four things that must go right for him in his life in order to keep playing tennis while acknowledging that retirement is on the horizon.

Former British number one Greg Rusedski believes Andy Murray will return to challenge for major honours but is concerned about Novak Djokovic.

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

Rafael Nadal succumbed tamely to Roger Federer at the Shanghai Masters after dominating the field to make the finals.

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.

Former British number one Greg Rusedski believes had Roger Federer not been injured in Montreal, he would probably be leading the race for world number one over Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will face each other for the fourth time this calendar year as they meet in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday (15 October).

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

Ex-coach Mark Petchey says the competition from Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka has made Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer even better players.

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

Former French Open champion Yannick Noah believes the future stars of tennis will be hoping for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to retire so that they can start to win more titles.

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.

The likes of Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori will all feature in the Australian Open while Serena Williams is expected to defend her title.

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

Annabel Croft believes Rafael Nadal's decision to let his body recover has paid dividends as the world number one won his sixth title of the year after his recent China Open win.

Andy Murray's ex-coach Miles Maclagan believes it will take quite a while for the next generation to emulate the success of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

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.

Federer and Nadal have played each other on 37 occasions while Borg and McEnroe faced each other 14 times.

The future stars of tennis have underperformed in Grand Slams.

McEnroe praises the comebacks of Federer and Nadal.

Federer says there was always 'enormous respect' for each other despite being rivals.