NEW YORK _ To play Roger Federer is to stand in the way of the man's pursuit of yet more success _ and regularly get run over. That certainly was the case Sunday for Belgian David Goffin, the U.S. Open's No. 15 seed, steamrolled by Federer, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0.
It lasted only 79 minutes, the shortest men's match of the tournament. Federer, the Swiss Army Knife of tennis, took apart Goffin as if using a blade, screwdriver, toothpick, tweezer and can opener.
"It's tough," Goffin said after losing for a ninth time in 10 career matches against Federer, "because against him, you don't know why you miss easy shots. You miss everything, and you absolutely don't know why."
