American tennis fans looked around and collectively shrugged their shoulders last night after Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick (7-6) (7-6) (7-2) in the quarterfinals of the U.S Open. Roddick has now lost 14 of his 15 matches against Federer. Andy almost played the first two sets to perfection, but almost perfection is not good enough when facing Roger Federer. The only break points that were won did not occur until the final set, Federer broke Roddick twice, but the match was effectively over by that point. Although Roddick put up his best effort in a Federer match by far, and although he took him to two tiebreaks to open the match you never got the feeling that Roddick was in control. The stats may tell a different story Federer dominated this match. Andy had his chance to break Federer and take a commanding 5-3 lead in the 2nd set, however he failed to do so as Roger reeled off an amazing forehand winner followed by an ace.
Roger Federer will move on to face Davydenko in the semi-finals as well as go on to solidify the argument that he is best tennis player of all time. But where does Andy Roddick go from here? He played the best tennis he’s played in a long time and failed to win a set against his nemesis. To be completely dominated by a single player in Grand Slam competition for the majority of your career has to take it’s toll. Will he ever get this monkey off his back? What left can he do to prepare for his next match with him? He is ranked #5 in the world and has been ranked as high as #2, but the gap that Federer has created between himself and the rest of the tennis world is increasing.
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