Roger Federer underlined up his position as the world's best player by cruising to victory over Lleyton Hewitt 6-0 7-6 6-0 to win his first US Open title.
The world number one was unstoppable as took the opening set is less that 20 minutes, and although Hewitt forced a tiebreak in the second, Federer stormed through the third to become the first man in the Open Era to win his first four grand slam finals.
The Swiss star, who won the first eight games, was not broken until the 10th game of the second set, when he blew three set points. However, after that blip, normal service was resumed and he blew Hewitt away in the third set, surrendering just 12 points in six games.
Federer, who is also the reigning The Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, becomes the first player since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three grand slams in the same year.
"Not in my wildest dreams did I think I would win the U.S. Open, it's still tough to believe. At the end of the year I'll probably look back and think 'how in the world did I do that?'," Federer said after his victory.
"Actually, honestly, I couldn't have hoped for more. I had a strange feeling going into the final, with all the talk, nobody has ever won four in a row, but now that I did it, it's great."
Hewitt, meanwhile, was gracious in defeat and paid tribute to his opponent. " It's disappointing but in the first set I didn't have any real opportunities to get my teeth into the match. But I'd like to congratulate Roger. It's an incredible effort what he's done this year, to win three grand slams with the depth there is in the men's game," he said.
Filed by Rob Wright
