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

#4 Fourth Title (2007): Beats Djokovic 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-4

Federer poses with his 4th US Open title in 2007

Three-time defending champion Federer reached his fourth consecutive US Open final by recording straight-sets wins over Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals and Nikolay Davydenko in the semis.

This was the first time in 22 years (since Ivan Lendl) that a player had reached four successive title matches at the US Open.

11-time Grand Slam champion Federer faced a first-time Grand Slam finalist in 20-year-old Novak Djokovic. The Swiss lost serve in the 11th game of the first set and stared down three successive set points on his opponent's serve.

Federer saved them all, and then a further two, as the set proceeded to a tiebreak - which the Swiss clinched to take a one-set lead.

In a near-repeat of the first set, Djokovic had two more set points which he couldn't convert as Federer took the second set on another tiebreak. That gave the Swiss a two-set lead and a stranglehold on the match.

It was Federer's 13th tiebreak win in a Grand Slam final, in 15 attempts.

As Djokovic faded away in the third, Federer strode across the finish line to become the first player in the Open Era to win four successive US Open titles.