3-seeded Federer won five consecutive U.S. Open championships from 2004-08 and also was the runner-up twice, including two years ago. At 1-all in the deciding set, Youzhny collapsed to the court, grabbing at his right leg after whiffing on an attempted swat at Federer's lob. Daniel has never been past the second round at a major tournament. 7 seed Grigor Dimitrov became the latest top-10 man to bow out of the U.S. Open, upset in the second round by 19-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost to 18-year-old Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the second round Wednesday night.
Source: CBC News August 31, 2017 22:41 UTC