They have played 21 times in 10 different countries, 17 times in a final and seven times in a Grand Slam final. They have met on hard courts, clay courts, grass courts and indoor courts. Once, at an exhibition, they played on a court that was clay on one side and grass on the other. Their 2008 Wimbledon final is still described as the finest spectacle tennis fans have ever seen.

But there is one venue where the titans have not met – the U.S. Open. Last year we almost got one: ”Federer-Nadal Final in the U.S. Open this Sunday Night?” but there is never been a better time for them to play out their legendary rivalry in the Big Apple for the first time.

Only the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in a tournament are guaranteed not to meet before the final, and both Federer and Nadal have dropped to No. 3 at various times this season.

But for the moment, the now-legendary rivals have re-established their stranglehold on the men’s game. After Federer won in Australia, Nadal took over when the clay season began, going undefeated on his beloved red dirt in Paris and following up with a win on the slicker grass courts at Wimbledon.

Federer re-emerged as the tour returned to hard courts a few weeks ago, reaching the final of the Toronto Masters and winning the Cincinnati Masters. He, too, relishes the prospect of a meeting with Nadal in two weeks’ time.

Nadal is healthy; Federer is in form. The chances of their long-awaited meeting in the Big Apple have never been better.

Are you rooting for Paraguay now?

The gorgeous football fanatic is not the first person to promise to streak in the event of a World Cup win. Argentina’s coach Diego Maradona was the first prominent person to issue such a guarantee, and his team has also made the quarterfinals.

Swimsuit model Dallys Ferreira has offered to “make love to each member of the Paraguay World Cup team” if they lift the trophy, adding, “The players know my pledge still stands. Women from my country are ardent, and to be honest, I’m more ardent than most. I take no notice of societal norms.”

巴拉圭首役1比1逼和上屆德國世足賽冠軍義大利隊，讓巴拉圭士氣大盛。巴國女模Dallys Ferreira揚言，「如果巴拉圭能奪得世界盃冠軍，我願意徹夜與所有球員做愛。」她接著說：「球員都很清楚我說到做到，巴拉圭女性可是很狂野的，老實說，我才顧不了社會規範。」

Go Paraguay!