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September 11^th, according to news from Shanghai Rolex Masters official website, Federer has confirmed that he will not only play the match of singles tennis in 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters Tennis Tournament, but also play doubles in Shanghai with Chinese tennis player Zhang Ze on October 7^th. This is the first time for Roger Federer to choose a Chinese player as his partner. Roger Federer once said: "I want to promote Tennis in China." This is absolutely his first step to promote Chinese men's tennis to make a breakthrough.  

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In 2008, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka redeemed their Olympic dreams with a gold medal in the men's doubles tennis tournament in Beijing Olympics Games. Roger Federer used to play with quite a lot world-famous tennis players, such as Safin, Max Mirnyi and Bjorkman. This time, Roger Federer chooses to play with Zhang Ze (No. 182) from China. As for the decision, Roger Federer said he would like to promote Chinese men's tennis.

For a long time, Zhang Ze is regarded as a "Star of Hope" of Chinese men's tennis. So far, he is a China's top male tennis player with the highest ATP ranking. When Zhang Ze was informed of the news, he said excitingly: "When I knew I could play with Federer in the upcoming 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters Tennis Tournament. I felt so surprised, because I never played with top ten tennis players before. Now, I'm still very excited and look forward to the game. I hope I can play well in Shanghai Rolex Masters. Thanks to him for this opportunity. I was very surprised but now is exciting."