NEW YORK — Roger Federer’s path to a sixth straight U.S. Open championship could include a semifinal matchup with American Andy Roddick, the man Federer vanquished 16-14 in the fifth set of their dramatic Wimbledon final earlier this summer.
Federer won his 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, surpassing Pete Sampras on the all-time men’s list.
With the U.S. Open set to begin Monday in Flushing Meadows, Federer, 28, the father of five-week old twin girls, is the No. 1 seed and prohibitive favorite. He comes off a victory last week at the ATP tour stop in Cincinnati, where he handled both Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in straight sets.
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