Monday, September 15, 2008

No.13 For Roger Federer!


Former World No.1 Roger Federer who spent 237 weeks at No.1 before being displaced by Rafael Nadal won his 13th Grandslam & his 5th consecutive US Open title.Federer became the first man to win 5 consecutive US Open titles since Bill Tilden won six in a row from 1920-25, after defeating first time grandslam finalist Andy Murray in straight sets.

The 27 year old Swiss superstar who many consider as an all time legend improved his grandslam final record to 13-4 and moved to within one of all-time leader Pete Sampras (14-4).He alos became the first person to win 2 different Grandslam 5 consecutive times(Wimbledon 2003-07).Read more here........

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