{"id":20441,"date":"2019-09-08T22:37:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T06:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/rafael-nadal-claims-his-19th-grand-slam-title-with-u-s-open-triumph\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T22:37:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T06:37:39","slug":"rafael-nadal-claims-his-19th-grand-slam-title-with-u-s-open-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/rafael-nadal-claims-his-19th-grand-slam-title-with-u-s-open-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal Claims His 19th Grand Slam Title With U.S. Open Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Rafael Nadal brandishes the spoils of his U.S. Open final victory over Russian Daniil Medvedev on Sunday. The Spaniard’s win in New York City \u2014 his fourth U.S. Open title \u2014 gives him 19 career individual grand slam wins, just one shy of rival Roger Federer’s record.<\/p>\n

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Rafael Nadal enjoys a well-earned reputation as tennis’ long-reigning king of clay<\/a> \u2014 but on Sunday, Nadal reminded the world he’s anything but a one-surface wonder. The 33-year-old Spaniard reasserted his mastery of the hard court, as well, claiming his fourth career U.S. Open title over an opponent roughly a decade his junior.<\/p>\n

Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev in a five-set humdinger in New York City, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4. To do it, he had to fend off a furious rally by the 23-year-old Russian, who, after ceding the first two sets to Nadal, stormed back to push his celebrated opponent to the brink \u2014 and extend the marathon match’s final running time to nearly five hours.<\/p>\n

But Nadal ultimately steadied his course, breaking Medvedev’s serve twice in the final to seal the victory and buttress his position in the record books. The win makes for his second Grand Slam title of the year, after he won the French Open<\/a> \u2014 yet again<\/a> \u2014 in June. It also gives him his 19th career Grand Slam, placing him just one title behind arch-rival Roger Federer, who currently owns the men’s singles record<\/a>.<\/p>\n