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By Brough Scott Have your say Read comments It wasn't just the best match, it was the best sporting contest that any of us will ever see. Yes, better than Coe-Ovett in Moscow, Watson-Nicklaus at Turnberry, or even, heaven help me, than Arkle-Mill House at Cheltenham in 1964. It was 4½ hours of one-on-one combat with the greatest prize at stake. To be exact, it was Ali-Frazier without the bad-mouthing or the blood. The bad-mouthing point is crucial. For in the build-up and aftermath to what was the ultimate in heavyweight showdowns not once did Rafa Nadal utter a disrespectful word about the man facing him across the net, while the most a fevered media could extract from the courtly Roger Federer was the admission that Nadal's endless delay on serve used to be a bit irritating. Other sports might remember St Paul - "If there... [read full story]
