Rafael Nadal won his third US Open and 16th career grand slam title Sunday, beating No. 1 male player and trails only Roger Federer, who has 19 major titles, on the all-time men's grand slam singles list. To come back and make my first finals of a grand slam has been a special two weeks." He is the first South African in a grand slam singles final since Kevin Curren at the 1984 Australian Open. This was the seventh time in the Open Era that a grand slam final featured a pair of players aged 30 and over.

Source: CNN September 10, 2017 22:55 UTC