US Open: Reliving Roger Federer's 5 consecutive titles at Flushing Meadows

#3 Third Title (2006): Beats Roddick 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1

Federer beats Roddick to win his 3rd US Open title in 2006

For the second consecutive year, Roger Federer was up against an American opponent in the New York final, and for the second time the result would be the same.

In his third consecutive title match at the US Open, Federer faced 2003 champion Andy Roddick. Not for the first time in a Major final, the 8-time Grand Slam champion got off to a brisk start, breaking the Roddick serve thrice to take a one-set lead.

Roddick fought back in the second set which he clinched 6-4. In a pulsating third set where both players had multiple break point opportunities, it was Federer who capitalized in the 12th game, where Roddick lost his serve to love, to take a two-sets-to-one lead.

As Roddick wilted, Federer sprinted through the fourth set to seal a third straight US Open title, becoming the first player since Ivan Lendl (1985-87) to do so. The Swiss also improved to 8-1 in Major finals.

Looking back on the third set Federer opined: "He had a terrible game; I took advantage. From then on, I didn’t look back. I started to feel better, play more freely, and in the end, I played unbelievable.”