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RSSFederer Enters US Open Finals
New York, Sep 7: The former world number one Swiss tennis star Roger Federer, who is looking forward for his first Grand Slam title of the year, overcame Serbian Novak Djokovic in four sets, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, to enter the US Open final for the fifth consecutive year.
Federer is now a victory away from his fifth US Open and 13th Grand Slam title and extended his run of victories at Flushing Meadows to 33 as he made to his 13th final in the last 14 majors.
Federer, who has never been beaten in a semi-final or final here, is standing behind American Pete Sampras who enjoys a massive record of 14 Grand Slam titles.
Federer had earlier lost to Djokovic in the Australian Open semis in January, upped the tempo in the last two sets after taking the first set with flawless display of stroke-making and then dropping the second.
An early break had helped Federer to get the first set, but Djokovic regained the game taking a notch higher to take the second set.
The Swiss made a re-entry in business in the third and one break, in the 11th game, was enough for him to go two sets to one up. In the fourth set Federer served four aces in the sixth game and another one in the eight to completely bamboozle Djokovic. Altogether he served 20 aces in the match which could be well called as a facsimile t of last year’s final and in which he clearly looked the better player.
Federer has not lost a game here since his loss to Argentine David Nalbandian in the fourth round in 2003.
Federer was seen jubiliant when he said he was excited to be playing in another final and hoped to win it. For him, the No. 2 seed said, winning the Open here meant a lot.
In the finals, Federer would face the winner of the other semi-final between world number one Spaniard Rafael Nadal and No six Andy Murray of Scotland.
Tags : Roger federer, Tennis, Switzerland, US Open, Novak Djokovic, grand slam, Pete Sampras
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