Four years after hanging up his racquet, Roger Federer walked back onto Arthur Ashe Stadium Tuesday night to a standing ovation that shook the rafters — and he still had it.

The 45-year-old Swiss legend beat old rival Andy Roddick 6-3 in a one-set exhibition billed "An Icon Returns to New York," part of U.S. Open Fan Week. He then teamed up with John McEnroe to knock off Roddick and Andre Agassi in doubles, 5-3, in barely half an hour.

The night closed with a drone show tracing Federer's silhouette across the Queens sky. Federer, ever the tease, quickly shut down comeback talk — "there are way too many obstacles," he said — but for one night, Flushing Meadows partied like it was 2009 again.