Rafael Nadal recalls: 'I beat Roger Federer, and something had to change'

The best-of-five Masters 1000 finals are long gone, with no title match in that format since Miami 2007. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played an epic encounter in Rome 2006 that pretty much slammed the door for the best-of-five finals, as the rivals could not recover for the next week's duties. Recalling his brilliant victories over Guillermo Coria and Roger Federer at Foro Italico in 2005 and 2006, Rafa reminded they both lasted for over five hours. He and his opponent spent too much energy an