Ten consecutive grand slam finals

The great Swiss continues to rewrite tennis history. No sooner had he set a record by making the semifinals of a grand slam tournament for the 14th time in a row when he set still another record by making it to a grand slam finals for the 10th consecutive time!

Federer accomplished this remarkable feat by beating Nikolay Davydenko 7-5 6-1 7-5 in the first men's singles semifinals match at this year's US Open. Again I didn't get to see this match played at all and have simply read reports saying that this wasn't like the high quality match that Federer played against Roddick in the quarterfinals. Still it is certain Federer played just well enough to defeat Davydenko and I feel that Federer wasn't just as revved up for this match as he was for the one against Roddick. He was also most probably was conserving his energy for the bigger event which is the finals. There he will meet Novak Djokovic whom I suppose he views as a bigger challenge and a threat since he had just lost his AMS Canada title to young Serb just a few weeks ago.

But of course and as always, I'll be rooting for Federer to win his twelfth grand slam title. There's just no better time to be a Federer fan!