That streak now stands at 36 after Federer's 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory.
In the men's event, world number one Roger Federer was drawn against Russian Nikolay Davydenko.
"Federer is starting to take quite a lot of time away from the game, " said Cash.
And there is no way that Mr. Murray will even sniff the Federer-Nadal endorsement stratosphere.
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By early 2009, Nadal had won major titles on all three surfaces and mastered Federer.
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It's not every day that Federer loses a match point in a U.S. Open semifinal.
World number one Roger Federer beat Chile's Paul Capdeville 6-1 6-4 6-4 in Wednesday's late match.
But after winning the first set 6-2, he broke Federer to take a 2-0 lead.
Federer then broke serve in the ninth game of the second set to set up victory.
But even Federer, whose serve-and-volley prowess helped secure six Wimbledon titles, has abandoned the technique.
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"He served well, I was quite surprised with how well he served, " said Federer.
So Woods, Federer and Brady - perhaps all the best in their respective sports.
Top seed Roger Federer begins against Colombia's Alejandro Falla, while Nadal plays Kei Nishikori of Japan.
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Federer is chasing his fourth straight Gerry Weber title ahead of his Wimbledon title defence.
Fourth seed Roger Federer was also struggling before Felix Mantilla retired when trailing 6-7 6-4 4-1.
"It was pretty straightforward, " beamed Federer after improving his win-loss record for the year to 76-5.
Henman has a 6-6 record against Federer but has lost their last five meetings.
He has lost all three previous encounters with Federer, two of them on clay.
It was Federer's first ATP match since winning his fourth US Open early in September.
It was important to beat Federer in the semi-final, but a final is different.
The world number four failed to get a first serve in as Federer went 0-40 up.
Earlier on Saturday, Federer claimed third place with a 6-1 7-5 victory against Spain's David Ferrer.
After Federer moved 2-1 ahead, Soderling powered his way to 2-2 by holding to love.
And one more break in the third was enough for Federer to seal the win.
Of course, there's always Federer, dominant much of the year, still chasing, never discountable.
"I was thinking that I have a big opportunity to beat Federer here, " he said.
The unquestioned top three are world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
The draw made Thursday also threw up a likely semifinal clash between Murray and Federer.
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Federer is coming off a Wimbledon title and has new life as world No. 1.
"It's always fun to see the top two players up against each other, " said Federer.
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