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ROME - Roger Federer failed to make the quarterfinals of a tournament for the first time in a year on Thursday while Rafa Nadal returned to form in the third round of the Rome Masters despite almost withdrawing with a fever.sport jersey Novak Djokovic then stretched his unbeaten run for the year to 34 matches after winning eight of the last nine games against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka to triumph 6-4 6-1.timberland boots Third-seed Federer took the first set 6-4 against France's Richard Gasquet but, in a match of clean-hitting strokes, lost the next two sets against the 16th seed on tiebreaks (7-2, 7-4).dunks shoes World number four Andy Murray, Robin Soderling, Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych, Croat Marin Cilic and German Florian Mayer also made it through to the last eight.nike shox shoes "I should never have lost this match," world number three Federer, knocked out by Ernests Gulbis in the second round in Rome last year, told reporters.AF men shirts "He knows how close......