USA: TENNIS - U.S. OPEN MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPION, ROGER FEDERER VISITS NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE WITH HIS TROPHY.

Record ID: 648057

  • Title: USA: TENNIS - U.S. OPEN MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPION, ROGER FEDERER VISITS NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE WITH HIS TROPHY.
  • Date: 13th September 2004
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 13, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE SHOT OF TIMES SQUARE 2. US OPEN CHAMPION ROGER FEDERER ARRIVING FOR IMPROMPTU PRESS CONFERENCE. 3. PHOTOGRAPHERS 4. FEDERER LIFTING TROPHY. 5. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) FEDERER SAYS: "It feels fantastic to me. Even though I dominated this year a little bit. You know its a suprise int he end to win such big events to play such terrific tennis all the way to the end. It's just fantastic." 6. PHOTOGRAPHERS 7. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) FEDERER SAYS: "Yesterday I had the perfect start. The one I was really hoping for. The second set was very very tough, it could have gone either way. Third set he let go a little bit which I took advantage of. So for me to have such a finals is a dream. I've had a lot of praise throughout my career, now obviously very much after winning three majors out of the four. For me it's all about having to try and maintain my level of play and hopefully win another major because it's not something very normal that I did this year." 8. FEDERER SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR FANS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NEW YORK CITY
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  • Country: USA
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  • Story Text: Roger Federer lifts U.S. Open trophy in New York's
    Times Square.



    After a near-perfect 6-0 7-6 6-0 victory over
    Lleyton Hewitt in Sunday's US Open final, the Australian
    Open and Wimbledon champion Roger Federer has finally
    cracked the Big Apple.

    The 23-year-old Swiss, rapidly establishing himself as
    one of the best players in the history of the sport, had
    never previously gone beyond the fourth round at Flushing
    Meadows. Federer was mobbed by fans and media in New York
    on Monday (September 13), the morning after his dominating
    performance in the final.

    "It feels fantastic to me. Even though I dominated
    this year a little bit. You know its a suprise in the end
    to win such big events to play such terrific tennis all the
    way to the end Its just fantastic," Federer told Reuters
    Television in Times Square.

    "Yesterday I had the perfect start. The one I was really
    hoping for. The second set was very, very tough It could
    have gone either way. Third set he let go a little bit
    which I took advantage of. So for me to have such a finals
    is a dream. I've had a lot of praise throughout me career
    now obviously very much after winning three majors out of
    the four. For me its all about having to try and maintain
    my level of play and hopefully win another major because
    its not something very normal that I did this year."
    Federer's victory made him the first man since Swede
    Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three grand slams in the same
    year, leading to much discussion about whether the Swiss
    can match or even beat Pete Sampras's record of 14 grand
    slam titles.


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