Tennis: Spain's Rafael Nadal captures his 19th career Grand Slam title, beating Russia's Daniil Medvedev in a five-set US Open thrilling final
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates with the championship trophy during the trophy presentation ceremony after winning his Men's Singles final match against Daniil Medvedev of Russia on day fourteen of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City.
Nadal, who was in his fifth US Open championship match and 27th Grand Slam final, is the first man to claim five major titles after turning 30. At four hours and 50 minutes, the match finished four minutes shy of equaling the longest final in US Open history from Mats Wilander's 1988 win and Andy Murray's 2012 title.In addition to reaching the brink of Federer's mark, Nadal moved one shy of the Open era record five US Open titles won by Federer, Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras.
Fifth seed Medvedev, 23, battled throughout his first Grand Slam final but could not become the youngest men's Grand Slam champion since Juan Martin del Potro at the 2009 US Open, falling to 0-5 in five-set matches. Medvedev denied Nadal on two break chances in the fifth game as the tension built. Then Nadal was broken in the 10th game to drop the set, Medvedev blasting a backhand return winner to complete a five-point run to force a fifth set.
Chants of "Ra-fa" echoed through the stadium as he held to 4-2 and Medvedev sent an overhead smash beyond the baseline to hand the Spaniard a break for a 5-2 edge.
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