Remember when Roger Federer was king of the US Open? Me neither.
The records indicate that the year was 2008—the year Tiger Woods last won a major—when the Swiss Maestro last hoisted the US Open trophy.
At the time, it was Federer’s fifth straight championship at Flushing Meadows, and most thought the then 27-year-old would hoist it again the next year.
But most were wrong.
Federer made the finals the following year, only to be upset by Juan Martín Del Potro in a five-set stunner. Since then, the farthest Federer has advanced at the tournament he once dominated is the semifinals in 2010, 2011, and 2014. Meanwhile his Grand Slam victories slowed down considerably.
