U.S. Open ’18: Roger Federer tries to end decade drought in New York

New York • Even with all the times Roger Federer held the U.S. Open trophy, he still can’t forget the time it slipped through his fingers.He had won five titles in a row in Flushing Meadows and was a game away from a sixth in 2009 when Juan Martin del Potro pulled out a fourth-set tiebreaker, then won the fifth set.“I still wish I could have played that match again,” Federer said Friday.He’s never been that close to winning the U.S. Open since, just once even reachin