"Forget the score, which was predictably lopsided. What will endure from Roger Federer’s routine victory over Brian Dabul on opening night at the United States Open was the shot. ... “I turned around and couldn’t believe the shot landed in the corner,” Roger Federer said. By the time Federer nodded off to sleep in his Manhattan hotel room, his latest piece of performance art was high-quality grist for sports shows and news programs. It was prompting people to say, “Check this out,” in various languages as they gathered around their computer screens..... But in technical and aesthetic terms, there is clearly a debate worth having. ESPN asked its viewers to state their preference before Monday’s match had ended, with a solid majority preferring the 2010 version." - Christopher Chung