Rafael Nadal Beats Novak Djokovic – Wins U.S. Open 2010
World no. 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal beat no. 2 seed Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Monday at the U.S. Open 2010 Men’s final. Nadal won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam. He is the seventh man in tennis history with at least one title from each Grand Slam tournament.
Rafael Nadal won the French Open in June, then Wimbledon in July. No man had won those three tournaments in the same year since Rod Laver won a true Grand Slam in 1969.
No. 3 Djokovic, the 2008 Australian Open champion and 2007 U.S. Open runner-up, made Nadal earn it. The Serb played superbly for long stretches, showing off the terrific returning, retrieving and big forehand he used to knock off 16-time Grand Slam champion Federer in Saturday’s semifinals.