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Roger Federer hopes one factor will give him the edge against Rafael Nadal in Shanghai Masters final

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer: Do they hate each other? Or do the pair actually get on?

Do Federer and Nadal get on?

Federer and Nadal played doubles together with one another in the Laver Cup in 2017 and they were seen embracing each other and sharing jokes throughout.

The animated reactions between the pair led to Twitter users to claim it was all an act - except it wasn't.

They may be big rivals on the court but off it there is a huge amount of respect and a healthy friendship between the pair.

become joint second on the all-time leaderboard – but faces the top seed who is desperately hoping to end a four-match losing streak against the Swiss. The 36-year-old is aware of just how tough the contest will be to win but believes the quick surface can work in his favour, particularly when trying to dominate on his own service games.

‘Margins are small,’ he said after beating Del Potro.

‘On fast courts it’s always, like I explained before about the break points, it’s got to sort of match up, you know, with – is Juan Martin going to serve so well on the big point that you can maybe almost do nothing about, or is he going to use the combo of the serve and forehands so perfectly that you just almost cannot come through, you know, even if you create so many chances. ‘And maybe tomorrow [Sunday] is the same thing. There is only going to be a few chances for either player, and sometimes it’s just who blinks, you know, at the wrong time. So it makes it always a close match on faster courts. But for me it’s good.

o he almost has to play up on the baseline, but he’s been doing that almost perfectly here this week, you know. He’s maybe even surprised some of his opponents to play this good on the baseline and outplayed those guys