(UTV|COLOMBO) – Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev’s exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US Open finals.
Spain’s Nadal, 33, won 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the 5th seed in New York.
Nadal, seeded 2nd, was cruising at 2 sets and a break up, only for Medvedev to force a decider.
But Nadal stopped his momentum to clinch a thrilling win in 4-hours and 50-minutes – just 4-minutes shorter than the longest US Open final.
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