Nadal commits to Swiss Indoors

MADRID — The Swiss Indoors has been handed a major boost with the news Rafael Nadal has committed to playing alongside home favourite Roger Federer.

Nadal has not played in the Basel event for nine years, but he has committed to a field that also contains Federer and defending champion Juan Martin Del Potro.

Nadal most recent appearance in the event came in 2004, when he lost to Rainer Schuettler.

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