The 'complicated' demand Roger Federer once made in Central Park before the US Open started

For five remarkable years, Federer turned Arthur Ashe Stadium into his playground, inflicting cruel pain on rising stars Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, among others.

When Federer randomly wanted to practice in Central Park one day, that was a whole circus of how we get him there and security.

Things like that become complicated but also fun. Like, how we're going to get the guy who is the equivalent of 'The Beatles' in our sport into Central Park.

Since then, no one has come close to having a stranglehold on the US Open quite like Federer did.

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