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NEW YORK (AP) Olympic defeat four years ago reduced Roger Federer to tears. The world's No. 1-ranked tennis player wept after he was upset by Tomas Berdych in the second round at the Athens Games, one of only six losses for Federer in 2004. Read the... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Jul 11 2008

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