Roger Federer

Nadal and Federer are facing each other for the 36th time in their career.

Uncle Toni announced earlier in the year that he will not travel with Rafa Nadal in 2018.

Sharapova will make her return from a 15-month ban at the Porsche Grand Prix in April.

Federer is playing in his second tournament after his win at the Australian Open in January.

Nadal is pooled in the same quarter of the draw as Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Federer is currently ranked number 10 in the world.

Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have been drawn in the same quarter at the 2017 BNP Paribas Masters.

Federer has won 18 Grand Slam titles, four more than the next best - Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal.

Nadal faces a possible fourth round clash against Federer and quarter-final against Djokovic.

Murray is currently ranked seventh in the Race to London after his recent win in Dubai.

Federer surprised many including himself when he won the 2017 Australian Open title.

Sharapova will return to the tour when her 15-month doping ban concludes at the end of April.

Verdasco will take on Andy Murray in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Sunday.

Federer bagged his first Grand Slam title since 2012 at the Australian Open this January.

Federer was knocked out in the second round by world no 116 Evgeny Donskoy.

Federer won his first Grand Slam title in over four-and-a-half years at the Australian Open in January.

Toni Nadal will not be part of Rafael Nadal's coaching team in 2018.

The 35-year-old secured his 18th grand slam in Melbourne in January.

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Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray have won among them 49 of the 56 Grand Slam titles since 2004.

Federer is playing for the first time since his won the 2017 Australian Open.

Federer and Murray will make their return to tennis since the 2017 Australian Open.

Peter Fleming believes Spaniard will be unsettled by the announcement of Toni Nadal's looming exit.

Federer says he has put in too much work to leave now.

Toni Nadal announced recently that 2017 will be his last as Nadal's head coach.

The inaugural Laver Cup will commence in September 2017.

Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych and Boris Becker have also praised Federer's performance in Melbourne.

With 18 grand slam titles and a record spell as world number one the Swiss is regarded as a sporting legend.

Federer and Nadal faced each other for a record ninth time in a Grand Slam final.

Becker also claimed that the more Federer wins, the more he will want to play.