At the age of 31, Kevin Anderson reached his first grand slam final at the US Open on Friday thanks to a 4-6 7-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Spain's Pablo Carrena Busta. In this era when players are winning grand slam titles well into their thirties, Anderson almost doesn't qualify as a late bloomer. But the South African, the first born there to make a grand slam final since Kevin Curren at Wimbledon in 1985, has shown patience, resilience and unending dedication to make his grand slam breakthrough. Tiley, a former South Africa Davis Cup captain and now the tournament director at the Australian Open, said Anderson deserves every moment of his success. He will bid to go one better than Curren, who was runnerup at the 1984 Australian Open final before switching citizenship to the United States ahead of his run to the Wimbledon final.

Source: India Today September 09, 2017 06:22 UTC