Federer Express. Darth Federer. The Federer. Roger. Rog. Whatever you call him, call him champ. Roger Federer played the first day of the US Open. His opening round was a wildcard, Devin Britton. Britton recently turned pro. He had won the NCAA Men's Championship in singles this year as an unseeded player from University of
Ever since Andy Murray moved up to number 2 in the world in Montreal, the possibility lingered that Nadal and Federer could now appear in the same half of the US Open draw. Tournament organizers had to be hoping fervently that that wouldn't happen. Although Americans are Anglophiles, Andy Murray still lacks the name recognition
Let's look back to last year's US Open men's quarterfinals. Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish. Andy Murray beat Juan Martin del Potro. Novak Djokovic beat Andy Roddick. Roger Federer beat Gilles Muller. Of the eight quaterfinalists, one was very surprising (Gilles Muller), two were surprising (del Potro and Fish), and one was mildly surprising (Roddick).
