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Nadal owns 2010 despite London loss

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Jonathan Overend|10:04 UK time, Monday, 29 November 2010

Roger Federer may have book-ended the season with big prizes - the Australian Open in January and the Tour finale in November - but his achievements, while substantial, are overshadowed in the final reckoning by what came in between.

2010 belonged to Rafael Nadal. An amazing season, almost impossible to repeat, included three successive majors, three successive Masters 1000 titles on clay, and - as he noted with his usual positivity - four victories over top eight players in the final week of the season.

He didn't win the ATP World Tour Finals but he did enough to prove the doubters of 12 months ago wrong.

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