Federer's place as a tennis great is secure, but recent poor form suggests he peaked in 2007.

<tr><td><p class='TableClas'></p><P class='TableClas'><DIV CLASS=rightDiv><script language="JavaScript">
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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>Even if you put it mildly, Roger Federer was blown away by Rafael Nadal in the French Open final. It was the world number one&#39;s worst defeat in 173 Grand Slam matches. It was the most one-sided men&#39;s final in a Grand Slam since John McEnroe hammered Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon in 1984.
</p><p class='TableClas'>Losing to Nadal in the French Open wasn&#39;t so surprising; Federer had lost to the Spaniard in each of the previous three editions 

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