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On Sunday some of the top players are going to do a fund-raiser for the QLD Flood's.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/tennis-champs-unite-to-rally-for-relief-for-queensland-flood-victims-ahead-of-australian-open/story-e6frf96o-1225987690550

There is also a bit where you can send questions for Nadal to answer.

WORLD No.1 Rafael Nadal will answer your questions throughout his 2011 Australian Open campaign.

During the tournament, "Rafa" will answer a selection of reader questions in an exclusive online column as he embarks on his quest to win his second Melbourne grand slam.

Leave your questions in the comments box below and Rafa will post his first answers right here on Sunday.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/australian-open-2011/rafas-2011-australian-open-blog/story-fn77kxzt-1225985723995

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There just isn't a new crowd. Tennis seems to always be about the top rivalry with everyone else that we have to pretend is a factor. Evert/Navratilova was the greatest sports rivalry probably ever and it lasted something like 15 years. If someone else made it into a final it was a fluke. This will be a critical time for Federer because if he fails to reach the final again he risks being ranked 3rd again. I imagine the last thing he wants is to start facing Nadal in semis.

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He played a warm up tournment this week and won his first round but lost in the second round. I don't think he has a chance of winning the Australian Open. It is too soon after his long year leave from tennis. I don't think his US Open was fluke. He truly deserved to win.

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My least favorite Grandslam mainly because I never get the chance to watch it. If there's no Federer vs Nadal, I probably won't even try to watch the final . There's just no new crop of up and coming players that's worth watching.

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