When Roger Federer finally dispatched Igor Andreev on Tuesday, the crowd went absolutely bananas. New Yorkers have always had a real fondness for the guy, but this time there was sort of a Shea Stadium-like shriek when he finally won in five sets. Jon Wertheim today makes the excellent point that the more vulnerable Read More
It took him 3 hours, 33 minutes, but Roger Federer found a way to finally finish off the men’s 23rd seed Igor Andreev at 6-3 in the fifth set. Roger received a prolonged standing ovation from the New York crowd that couldn’t stand to see him leave.
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Unbelievable. Like Novak Djokovic earlier today, Roger Federer has been pushed to a fifth set, but this match is even tighter.
We’re in the stands, and we’ll be reporting live with updates.
Federer has won 30 consecutive matches at the U.S. Open. The last time he lost was in 2003.
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Novak Djokovic got his first test of the tournament this afternoon, and now it’s Roger Federer’s turn. Federer and Igor Andreev have nabbed a set each (at 7-6) and Federer is up a break in the third. At this point, we’ll start the women’s match at about 8:30, Roddick’s match at 10:30, and we’ll all Read More
Roger Federer is a few hours away from his fourth round match against Igor Andreev, the 23rd-seed Russian. Federer is scheduled to be on the practice courts for about 90 minutes today. He’s only played Andreev once, which was back in 2004 in a clay-court match in Gstaad. Federer won in four sets.
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