NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rather disappointing men's U.S. Open tournament highlighted the absence of several top players on the tour, including past champions Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka. As a result, South African Kevin Anderson made his way to the final but he was never in contention against world number one Rafa Nadal, who clinched his 16th grand slam title. "And they should get together with the ATP and the ITF (International Tennis Federation) to try and figure out a schedule where players can stay healthy throughout the year." "Four Americans in the semis, that's great for women's tennis because in America women's tennis has always been at a high level and they need to keep it up there." It was the first time four American women had reached in the last four at the U.S. Open since 1981.

Source: The Star September 11, 2017 18:00 UTC