NEW YORK — More than three years have passed since Roger Federer won a Grand Slam title.
That's not to say he hasn't played well in the meantime: As he likes to point out, it takes some doing just to make it to the latter stages of a major tournament, and Federer has managed to continue to do that.
His seemingly effortless trip to the U.S. Open semifinals — Federer has won all 15 sets he's played entering Friday, dropping only 44 games along the way — marks his sixth run to that round in the past 11 majors.