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Here's why Roger Federer won't win the U.S. Open

By Peter Bodo

Friday, August 28, 2009

I've got news for all you front-runners who think Roger Federer is going to win an unprecedented sixth consecutive U.S. Open. I hate to break it to you, but the dude's got about as much chance as I have of winning a Nobel prize for literature. There are reasons why nobody wins this sucker more than five straight times; in fact, there are lots of reasons, not all of them involving X's and O's. So let's just "think out of the box" a little here, and take a look at some of the things that could d ...

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