US Open Stat courtesy of Scott

Here's another comparison of Roger's dominance:

He's made 18 straight GS semis (as Royce mentioned earlier). The entire Russian women's entourage (Dementieva, Sharapova, Kuznetsova, Safina, Chakvetadze, Zvonareva, and Petrova have all made at least one and have been in the top 10 over the streak) have only made 17 of the last 18 semis.

Roger on Regis & Kelly (US Open)

He looks great!

Without Peer

Roger is in two articles in Sports Illustrated this month: Without Peer and on the Players page. I love the Without Peer article because it explored negative reactions to Roger's greatness and made me laugh out loud at Roddick's reaction to losing to Roger. I can't find the article on the Players page called As Good As It Gets but the gist of it is also on here: Rodriguez part of golden trifecta. Basically what it says is that last Sunday marked a day of excellence for three men--Roger Federer, Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriguez--who are potentially the greatest their sports have ever seen.

Roger's Road to the US Open Championship

1st Round defeats Scoville Jenkins 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

2nd Round defeats Paul Capdeville 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

3rd Round defeats John Isner 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

4th Round defeats Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

Quaterfinals defeats Andy Roddick 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

Semifinals defeats Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 6-1, 6-5.

Finals defeats Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.

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Fun article from the LA Times on Roger's victory:

There's no escaping the reality that Federer remains constant

Roger On Regis & Kelly This Morning!

I missed it but I'll post it from YouTube as soon as it's up!

UPDATE: Roger was on The Today Show before he helped Regis out with his serve. I need to find video of this. Help!

Roger's US Open Apparel

Roger's US Open apparel will not be available for purchase by the general public--which is how it usually goes for us, unfortunately. I am dying for a hat with his F on it. His dad looked adorable while he sat courtside sporting his son's cap.

FUN ROGER FACT: His parents, Robert and Lynette, never sit next to each other during matches because his mother can't stand how his father won't shut up!

Roger Hits Chair Umpire

I don't have a picture of it but I thought it was worth noting that on the second to last point of the US Open Championship match Roger slammed a ball into the chair umpire. I noticed that within five minutes of winning the match he had apologized to the ump and been absolved of his crime.

Roger Wins $2.4 million and a Lexus

Roger won $1 million for the his US Open championship and another $1.4 for winning the US Open Series. Then they threw in a Lexus and a trophy on top of it. Roger previously said on his website that he likes winning cars better than money since he has enough money anyway. However, this is the most a tennis player has ever won and our dapper and endearing Roger accepted it with gracious embarrassment while Mirka looked on with pride.

Thanks to Reuters for the photo.

Roger Wins 4th Straight US Open Title

Our favorite Swiss man in black defeated Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in his tenth consecutive slam final appearance. Only Bill Tilden and Roger have won 4 straight US Opens. Roger won his 12th slam title-- and needs only two more to reach Pete Sampras!

Get the highlights of the match on from USOpen.org.

Thanks to Reuters for the photo.