{"id":4909,"date":"2015-09-13T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/novak-djokovic-beats-roger-federer-wins-u-s-open-mens-final\/4909\/"},"modified":"2015-09-13T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T02:52:00","slug":"novak-djokovic-beats-roger-federer-wins-u-s-open-mens-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/novak-djokovic-beats-roger-federer-wins-u-s-open-mens-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic Beats Roger Federer, Wins U.S. Open Men's Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Camila Domonoske<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland during of their 2015 US Open Men’s singles final match on Sunday. Jewel Samad\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Jewel Samad\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Novak Djokovic won the U.S. Open final, defeating Roger Federer and taking home his third major title of 2015.<\/p>\n

Federer was off to a rocky start from the start of the match. Djokovic, for his part, took a hard fall on his right arm in the first set, which left him bleeding, but still took the first set.<\/p>\n

Federer tied it up with his old rival when he won the second set. But he couldn’t keep up with the world No. 1 in the third and fourth sets, and Djokovic won, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n

The crowd, numbering more than 20,000, was vocally \u2014 even raucously \u2014 pro-Federer. The Swiss superstar has won the U.S. Open five times, and has 17 majors under his belt, but his last Grand Slam championship was in 2012.<\/p>\n

His Serbian opponent, for his part, had been runner-up in four previous U.S. Opens, and won that title only once before. With his win today, Djokovic has won a career total of 10 majors.<\/p>\n

The men’s final match was delayed by rain for more than three hours, a pause so long that it left some worrying that the final would be pushed to Monday \u2014 as happened every year<\/a> from 2008-2012.<\/p>\n

But if all goes according to plan, this will be the last U.S. Open that leaves fans eyeing rain clouds with concern: There’s a new retractable roof rising over Arthur Ashe stadium. While the partially-finished structure couldn’t keep the court dry on Sunday, it should be operational<\/a> by the 2016 U.S. Open, the U.S. Tennis Association says.<\/p>\n

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\"Novak<\/a><\/div>\n
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland during of their 2015 US Open Men’s singles final match on Sunday. Jewel Samad\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Jewel Samad\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Novak Djokovic won the U.S. Open final, defeating Roger Federer and taking home his third major title of 2015.<\/p>\n

Federer was off to a rocky start from the start of the match. Djokovic, for his part, took a hard fall on his right arm in the first set, which left him bleeding, but still took the first set.<\/p>\n

Federer tied it up with his old rival when he won the second set. But he couldn’t keep up with the world No. 1 in the third and fourth sets, and Djokovic won, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n

The crowd, numbering more than 20,000, was vocally \u2014 even raucously \u2014 pro-Federer. The Swiss superstar has won the U.S. Open five times, and has 17 majors under his belt, but his last Grand Slam championship was in 2012.<\/p>\n

His Serbian opponent, for his part, had been runner-up in four previous U.S. Opens, and won that title only once before. With his win today, Djokovic has won a career total of 10 majors.<\/p>\n

The men’s final match was delayed by rain for more than three hours, a pause so long that it left some worrying that the final would be pushed to Monday \u2014 as happened every year<\/a> from 2008-2012.<\/p>\n

But if all goes according to plan, this will be the last U.S. Open that leaves fans eyeing rain clouds with concern: There’s a new retractable roof rising over Arthur Ashe stadium. While the partially-finished structure couldn’t keep the court dry on Sunday, it should be operational<\/a> by the 2016 U.S. Open, the U.S. Tennis Association says.<\/p>\n

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