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US Open edged No. 25 Daria Gavr-
ilova 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (5) in
Continued on Page 20 a tournament-record 3
Given that Federer en- hours, 33 minutes, and Jen-
tered the day with a 16-0 nifer Brady eliminated No.
career record against You- 23 Barbora Strycova 6-1,
zhny and a 16-0 mark in the 6-1.
U.S. Open’s second round, A couple of seeded men
one might have thought departed, too: No. 7 Grigor
that their match would be Dimitrov and No. 15 Tomas
a mismatch. Berdych, the 2010 Wimble-
Think again. don runner-up.
“He’s also a real man who The No. 3-seeded Federer
plays tennis,” Youzhny not- won five consecutive U.S.
ed. “He’s not a god.” Open championships from
Well, OK, that’s true. But 2004-08 and also was the
remember: Federer did runner-up twice, includ-
not drop a single set en ing two years ago. But he
route to his record eighth missed last year’s tourna-
Wimbledon championship ment while taking off the
in July. And that he is 37-3 second half of the season
with five titles, including to let his back and surgi-
two at majors to raise his cally repaired left knee
record total to 19. fully heal.
Two seeded women lost That back, an off-and-on Roger Federer, of Switzerland, serves to Mikhail Youzhny, of Russia, during the second round of the
U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in New York.
to Americans in the af- issue for years, flared up Associated Press
ternoon: Shelby Rogers again while Federer was

losing in the final of the Federer stumbled again
Montreal Masters in Au- while serving for the fourth
gust. He didn’t get to fully set at 5-3, but responded
work on returns or serves, to a break there by break-
in particular, as the U.S. ing right back.
Open approached. That Still, Federer’s unforced er-
lack of training and the rors continued to mount in
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by the considerable dip in
2010 U.S. Open semifinals the 35-year-old Youzhny’s
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He did falter repeatedly fatigue. His legs started
Thursday, though. cramping late in the third
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in the second set and got
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“He helped me to come to move forward or to jump
back,” Youzhny said. normally while serving.q