Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Tennis Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Tennis | Another Wimbledon Showdown for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Advertisement Supported by The longtime rivals, who will meet in the semifinals on Friday, have played three times at the All England Club. Here’s how The Times covered those matches. ByThe New York Times July 12, 2019 On Friday, in the Wimbledon semifinals, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will play for the 40th time in their careers. No. 39 was only a month ago, in a French Open semifinal that Nadal won in straight sets to bring his record against Federer to 24-15. But the clay of Paris is Nadal’s domain; he has won 12 titles at Roland Garros. The grass of the All England Club is Federer’s turf, where he has lifted the champion’s trophy eight times. This will be their first match at Wimbledon since the 2008 final, a Nadal win that has inspired books, a documentary and lavish praise. John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg have called the match the best they have ever seen. Martin Flanagan of The Age, a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, wrote, “I reckon it was…