Novak Djokovic of Serbia blasted his way past a struggling, battling Rafael Nadal of Spain to capture the U.S. Open title, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1, allowing him to hold aloft the trophy he watched Nadal lift a year ago on the same court.
Dominating the net against one of the game's top shot makers, Djokovic won nearly two dozen points up close in the first three sets while largely pinning Nadal to the baseline.
The Spaniard's refusal to yield, repeatedly answering his foe shot-for-shot, roused the Ashe Stadium court to create a pandemonium of sound, especially in the second and third sets.
Fighting to the end, Nadal tried to turn a tide that Djokovic began surfing in the very first set, when he overwhelmed the defending U.S. Open champion. On Monday, in Queens, USA, the Serb won just as convincingly as he had at Wimbledon earlier this year, when he triumphed in four sets.
Nadal's break of Djokovic in the 12th game of the third set, forcing a tiebreaker, electrified his supporters when Djokovic blundered with a backhand, giving Nadal the mini-break he needed to sweep into the fourth set.
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