The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, number two in the world, said today that it feels "rejuvenated" and "without any pressure before the end of the U.S. Open, fourth and final 'Grand Slam' of the season, after defeating the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the third player in ATP, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 and 6-2.
After a year marked by his defeat at Wimbledon and the loss of the tennis world number one before Rafa Nadal, Federer, four times U.S. Open champion, hopes to reach their victory number 13 in a 'big' face the winner of the other semi-final between Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray Scot was suspended by rain.
The Swiss, when asked about the pressure of being the first man after Bill Tilden, which he did in 1924, winning five consecutive times in Flushing Meadows, said: "I have no pressure. That was in the early rounds. Once they reach the semifinals you take away a weight on top. "
Federer, who does not know the identity of his opponent, spoke of the possibility of being for the third consecutive time with Rafa Nadal in a final 'Grand Slam'. "I'm going without pressure. Nadal is the number one and he will have to defend themselves. Now you know the situation that I've lived all these years when he faced me," he said.
The Swiss came out with very positive feelings after defeating Djokovic. "We started to look tired in the third set and I was OK, then I said to myself: 'you're not as old Roger'," concluded tennis, today assured finish at number two in the ATP this season.
