(Source: Tennis Canada) A level playing field is often difficult to achieve in sports but nonetheless 'gimme a break' is what Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka had to be thinking after having to play back-to-back round-robin and semifinal matches at the ATP World Tour Finals last week. Nadal, in particular, needed two hours and 37 minutes to outduel David Ferrer 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 on Friday before coming back on Saturday to play world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who had a day off between his last round-robin match and the semifinals. Djokovic beat Nadal 6-3, 6-3. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour Wawrinka, who played the evening match on Friday, came out in roughly the same time slot the following...
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