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Federer rolls into second round; Safin avoids meltdown after foot fault

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

NEW YORK -- Roger Federer, aiming for his fifth straight U.S. Open title, eliminated Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday. Gonzalez hung with the former world No. 1 player for a while before Federer won 10 straight games, a run spanning all three sets. Federer eased into the second round as an unfamiliar second seed. After 237 straight weeks at the top of the rankings, Federer is now behind Rafael Nadal for the first time in 4½ years. Not since the 2004 Australian Open had Federer be ...

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