Sports Then and Now

Roger Federer will be looking for his third Grand Slam title of the year at the U.S. Open.

When the latest ATP rankings came out on Aug. 24, 2009, there was a new world number two player who was not named Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer.  Scotland’s own Andy Murray was the first man to break the iron grip on the top rankings since Nadal took over the number two spot on July 25, 2005 – over four years ago.

Nadal held that number two spot for 160 weeks before he finally seized the number one ranking from Roger Federer.  From Aug. 18, 2008 through July 5, 2009 the Spaniard held the crown of number one – eventually handing it back again to Federer, currently ranked in the top spot.

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Andy Murray will be looking for his first major championship at the U.S. Open

“Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.”—Bill Tilden

Bill Tilden won seven U.S. Open Championships, six consecutively. Roger Federer will be attempting to tie this record in 2009 at Flushing Meadows in New York.  His major competitor will be Andy Murray, the world’s most dour yet respected Scotsman and the new No. 2-ranked player in the world.

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