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Roger Federer faces tricky draw at Open

Updated: August 26, 2010, 7:00 PM ET
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- If Roger Federer is going to reach a seventh consecutive U.S. Open title match, he might need to get past the man who ended his Grand Slam semifinal streak.

Five-time U.S. Open champion Federer was given a possible quarterfinal against two-time French Open runner-up Robin Soderling in Thursday's draw. The No. 5-seeded Soderling upset Federer in the quarterfinals in Paris this year, stopping Federer's record run of reaching at least the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam ...

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