Updated On: 07 September, 2012 07:48 AM IST | | AFP
Tomas Berdych sent mighty Roger Federer spinning to his worst US Open defeat since 2003 on Wednesday and admitted he had succeeded by dragging the world number one out of his comfort zone
Five-time champion Federer, buoyed by a seventh Wimbledon title this summer which gave him a 17th Grand Slam crown, had cruised through the early rounds at Flushing Meadows, but was out-muscled and out-played by the Czech sixth seed.

Tomas Berdych celebrates his US Open quarter-final win over Roger Federer on Wednesday. Pics/AFP