Nadal's the comeback kid

Rafael Nadal came from 2-0 down for only the third time in his career to book his place in the quarter-finals and finally catch up in the draw with Roger Federer.

Rafael Nadal came from 2-0 down for only the third time in his career to book his place in the quarter-finals and finally catch up in the draw with Roger Federer.

The 21-year-old Spaniard was the last man to get past the third round and, for an hour and a half, looked like being the first to go out at the fourth-round stage after losing the first two sets to an inspired Mikhail Youzhny.

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