Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 4, 2019. Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts during his quarterfinal match against Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
PARIS (Reuters) - Short of booting him in the shins at a change of ends, Roger Federer has used just about everything in his vast armoury to try and beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open -- so he will need something different when they meet on the Parisian clay for the first time in eight years on Friday.
Five editions of arguably the sport's greatest rivalry have taken place on the Parisian claycourts, the first in 2005 when Nadal burst into the public consciousness by taking the title on his debut and the most recent in 2011.
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