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Article: TENNIS - U.S. OPEN PREVIEW: ; New dad Federerr eyes 16th Grand Slam title
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- August 30, 2009
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NEW YORK - As last year's U.S. Open began, plenty of people were
wondering what was wrong with Roger Federer. Feeling sorry for the
guy, even.
Federer arrived at Flushing Meadows in 2008 ranked No. 2, not No.
1. He arrived with - gasp! - zero Grand Slam titles for the season,
having lost to Rafael Nadal in finals at the French Open (a blowout)
and Wimbledon (a heartbreaker). He arrived to a chorus of questions
about whether Nadal had surpassed him for good.
U.S. Open spectators rallied to Federer's side, cheering for him
as if he were an underdog - rather than the man who would depart
with the champion's trophy for the fifth year in a row.
"I was really blown away. I thought that was so ...