He’s the latest U.S. Open champion, and at 31 years 5 months, that makes him the oldest champion here since Ken Rosewall in 1970 and the oldest Grand Slam champion since Andre Agassi in 2003. Stan Wawrinka — Stan Wawrinka! When he became the first player to beat Djokovic (quarterfinal) and Rafael Nadal (final) in the same Grand Slam, he said thereafter: “I never expected to win a Grand Slam. He said, “I am fighting myself to improve.”Suddenly, the not-Federer Swiss guy stands 3-0 in Grand Slam finals, 11-0 in his past 11 finals and tied with “big-four” mainstay Andy Murray at three Grand Slams. In Paris, Djokovic became only the fourth player in the 48-year-old Open Era to win all four Grand Slam titles in a career.

Source: Washington Post September 12, 2016 00:01 UTC