You read it, and after winning in straight sets for three straight rounds into the tournament, ‘’dominant'’ could be an understatement.

Try God-like. And Federer, after three rounds into the 2008 United States Open Tennis Championships, was exactly that. What has been he eating for him to have this kind of dominance in the last Grand Slam of the year? Nothing special really, it just so happens that he ain’t No.1 no more and he wants to get the top spot back BAD, whatever it takes.

After staying on top of the tennis food chain for the past few years, Roger Federer relinquished the No.1 spot to rival Rafael Nadal after the latter beat him in the last two Grand Slam tournaments of the season, that being in the French Open at Roland Garros where Nadal normally dominates anyway and the other in England where the annual Wimbledon Championships are held.

It was only understandable that Rafael Nadal gets all the attention in the U.S. Open this year since he is now the man to beat in tennis. And while Nadal enjoys all the attention being the new world No.1, Federer opts to just continue what he does best and that’s beating everybody else.

Federer has yet to drop a single set after three rounds into the 2008 U.S. Open, and while the media continually chooses to ignore the new world No.2, choosing to put all their efforts in watching every single move Nadal makes these days, Federer seems determined in grabbing all that attention back.

Federer is looking to remind everybody that he is still the defending U.S. Open champion, a four-time champ looking for his fifth straight here, which would tie the mark set by Billy Tilden, 84 freakin’ years ago.

For now, he understands why the media no longer sees his so-called invincibility factor. And he ain’t complaining.

‘’If I were to win a big tournament again, one of those Slams,'’ Roger Federer said, ‘’right away I have the invincibility factor again, which is great for me. That’s what I’m working for. I was that close in Wimbledon, so I hope to go a step further and win it this time.'’

No dropped sets after three rounds? Federer is DEFINITELY, AB-SO-LUTE-LY, on the right track.

Can Roger Federer win the 2008 U.S. Open Championships? Bodog Sportsbook has the odds.

Roger Federer 3.00

Rafael Nadal 2.25

Novak Djokovic 4.50

Andy Roddick 34.00

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