'Federer and Nadal do NOT share best sporting rivalry - it's O'Sullivan and Higgins'
ROGER FEDERER and Rafael Nadal don't share the greatest sporting rivalry, according to Andy Goldstein.
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Instead, the TV pundit thinks snooker stars Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins eclipse the great battles of the tennis legends.
O'Sullivan and Higgins meet in the Scottish Open on Friday night.
"Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have one of sport's great rivalries when it comes to rackets," Goldstein said.
"But in terms of sheer endurance what we will see tonight outstrips all of these.
"It's a rivalry that's 25 years in the making, 60 ranking titles and 27 triple crown wins and shows little sign of showing down.
"It's O'Sullivan against Higgins."
The pair have met 60 times all in all with the Rocket winning the last four of them.
He came out on top 6-2 in the Shanghai Masters semis which followed a 6-0 drubbing in the Champion of Champions quarter-final.
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It's not the first time these two have met in a Home Nations event this year either with O'Sullivan beating Higgins 4-3 on his way to the English Open crown.
The Rocket leads the head-to-head 32 games to 25, with three draws.
