Champion five times in a row Roger Federer lost his first set at the U.S. Open tournament this year. Yet this is still top seed Lleyton Hewitt could be overcome and advanced to the fourth round.Spent two hours 33 minutes, Federer lost the first set before winning the next three sets. World number one Swiss beat Hewitt in the final score 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4.
Faced with opponents who had won at Flushing Meadows in 2001 that, Federer was not showing his best game. One other indicator is that he made up 59 unforced errors.
The defeat in the first set to make him like 28 years is facing a process that is not easy in an attempt to reach his sixth title in a row it. In the previous game, when Germany beat Simon Greuel, he got a lot of resistance in the second and third sets before winning 6-3 7-5 7-5.
However, despite such a set, Federer went on a winning record at the U.S. Open to 37 times in a row. He also continued his dominance over Hewitt that the player always wins over Australia in their last 14 meetings.
In the last 16 of Federer will meet James Blake or Tommy Robredo.
