King Roger Federer advanced to the U.S. Open final on Saturday with a 7-5, 6-1, 7-5 victory over No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia.
The top-seeded Federer can capture his fourth consecutive U.S. Open title on Sunday with a win over No.3 Novak Djokovic, who advanced earlier in the day with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 victory over 15th-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer.
The last player to win at least four straight U.S. titles was Bill Tilden, who won six consecutive championships from 1920-25. This will be 10th consecutive Grand Slam final for Federer, who has 11 Grand Slam titles including wins at the Australian Open and Wimbledon earlier this year.
Federer, who has a 26-match winning streak at the U.S. Open, will be participating in his sixth consecutive final on the Tour and his ninth overall in 2007. He has won five of his 50 career singles titles this season.
With his 10th win in as many meetings with Davydenko, the Swiss superstar improved to 14-2 in Grand Slam semifinals.
Conversely, this will be Djokovic's first appearance in a Grand Slam final. It's been a career year for the 20-year-old who has captured four of his six singles titles since the start of 2007.
One of those titles came last month on the hardcourt at Montreal when he defeated Federer in the Rogers Cup final. It marked his first victory against the world No. 1 in five meetings.
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