The crowd, the energy and the constant noise have been replaced by silence, focus and emptiness. Only the finalists remain.
And, for once, Roger Federer wasn't among those finalists; he fell in the semi-finals, beaten by Novak Djokovic after missing two match points.
It's a year now since the Swiss player stopped being totally convincing. We were used to way better form from him. He is no longer steady and consistent enough during his matches.
Yet we were kind of reassured by his summer. He was playing so much better. His matches against Djokovic and Tomas Berdych in Toronto brought the 'old Roger' back: focused from the first to the last point, crushing, offensive.
His footwork was again in shape and his whole game was benefiting from it, and so we had huge ambitions for him in New York.
But in the US Open he didn't display any of this. Moving too slow, not really inspired in his attacking game and lacking aggression, Roger has once again showed a face that we're starting to get used to.
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