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At the beginning of 2004, Federer had a world ranking of No. 2, and that same year, he won the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, the ATP Masters and retained the Wimbledon singles title. |
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Federer held on to his No. 1 ranking from 2004 into 2008. In 2006 and 2007, he won the singles championships at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. |
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A paragon of graceful athleticism, Federer was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year from 2005-08. |
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Cyclone, tropical cyclone, hurricane, and typhoon are different names for the same phenomenon, which is a cyclonic storm system that forms over the oceans. |
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Drought is the unusual dryness of soil, resulting in crop failure and shortage of water and for other uses which is caused by significant low rainfall than average over a prolonged period. |
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A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. |
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