Roger Federer said he wouldn’t be as successful without Rafa Nadal — here’s why

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• Roger Federer has paid tribute to his "chief rival" Rafa Nadal.
• The Swiss tennis player has said he would not be as successful were it not for Nadal.
• Nadal has a winning record against Federer but the majority of those victories occured on clay, a surface Federer decided to take a break from this year.
• The French Open, the clay major, takes place without Federer on Sunday — but it remains a competition he hopes to return to in the future.

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