Flushing Meadows, NY (My Sportsbook) - Reigning five-time champion Roger Federer was an easy fourth-round winner Monday at the U.S. Open.
The world No. 1 Federer handled 14th-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 on Labor Day at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center. The amazing Federer has won his last 38 matches in New York and hasn't lost here since 2003.
Federer recorded the first break of the match against Robredo to grab a 6-5 edge in the opening set, the held his serve to close out the stanza.
The 28-year-old then broke Robredo for a 2-1 lead in the second set and cruised the rest of the way on Day 8 of the fortnight. The Swiss broke the Spaniard to open the third set and barely broke a sweat at Ashe Stadium, as he capped his day with a match-ending ace against the helpless Robredo.
Federer moved on in 1 hour, 48 minutes with the help of nine aces and five breaks. The super Swiss held his serve throughout the predictable bout and is now 9-0 lifetime against Robredo.
The 15-time major champion Federer, who currently holds three of the four major titles, beat Andy Murray in last year's finale here in Flushing. The super Swiss became the men's all-time Grand Slam king when he titled at Wimbledon in July.
Federer's quarterfinal opponent will be 12th-seeded Robin Soderling, who was defeated by the Basel native in straight sets in June's French Open final. Federer also beat Soderling in the fourth round at Wimbledon this summer.
The Swedish Soderling reached his first-ever U.S. Open quarterfinal by getting past eighth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, as the Russian veteran retired after the third set, citing a leg injury on Monday.
The 25-year-old Soderling is now 13-2 over his last three Grand Slam events.
The men's fourth round will conclude here on Tuesday, including matches for last year's U.S. Open runner-up Murray and third-seeded former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal. The second-seeded Murray will take on 16th-seeded Croat Marin Cilic, while the Aussie Open champion Nadal will face 13th-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Two other Day-9 fourth-rounders will pit sixth-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro against 24th-seeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero and seventh-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga versus 11th-seeded Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. The former world No. 1 Ferrero was a U.S. Open runner-up back in 2003.
