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On Wild Night, Serena Williams Survives; Rafael Nadal Does Not

Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal are two terrific champions who have won multiple major tournaments, Williams 21 and Nadal 14. At various times over the last decade, both have dominated their sport, but at this major event their fortunes appeared to have reversed.

Williams is in hot pursuit of victories in all four major tournaments in 2015, and Nadal has lost in all of them.

For the first time since he began winning majors in 2004, Nadal will go a calendar year without winning a single major tournament. That unkind distinction was confirmed when No.