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The US Open 2010

Nadal tops Djokovic for US Open title, career Slam

Rafael Nadal won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Monday in a thrilling final filled with fantastic shotmaking by both men and interrupted by a thunderstorm a day after it was postponed by rain. Full story

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Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam tennis tournament each year. It will be held from August 30 to September 12 this year.

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US Open champion Nadal delighted on his return to Spain

2010-09-16 02:32:54 GMT Xinhua English MADRID, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- US Open tennis champion Rafael Nadal has spoken of his happiness at winning the only Grand Slam tournament that has previously evaded him.

Nadal insists he's not Spain's greatest athlete

2010-09-15 09:12:17 GMT SINA.com U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal returned home on Wednesday, insisting his latest tennis triumph did not qualify him as Spain's greatest-ever athlete.

US Open final resumes after rain delay

2010-09-14 02:37:48 GMT SINA.com NEW YORK - Play resumed in Monday's US Open men's singles final between Spain's Rafa Nadal and Serbia's Novak Djokovic after rain suspended the match for nearly two hours.

Rafael Nadal: Modest King

2010-09-14 02:26:26 GMT SINA.com Rafael Nadal began his career as the ruler of relatively small provinces, the terre battue of Roland Garros and the red clay of his native Spain. Just out of his teens, though, he audaciously announced his intention to expand his fiefdom to the grasses of London, where Roger Federer's Wimbledon reign was considered invincible.

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Nadal tops Djokovic for US Open title, career Slam

2010-09-14 02:15:15 GMT SINA.com NEW YORK – Rafael Nadal won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Monday in a thrilling final filled with fantastic shotmaking by both men and interrupted by a thunderstorm a day after it was postponed by rain.

Djokovic stuns Federer, has Nadal in US Open final

2010-09-13 02:19:59 GMT SINA.com NEW YORK – Novak Djokovic tore up the script at the US Open on Sunday defeating Roger Federer in a pulsating semi-final to torpedo hopes for a dream final between the Swiss star and Rafael Nadal.

Gritty Youzhny reaches US Open semis

2010-09-10 02:41:00 GMT SINA.com Mikhail Youzhny of Russia reached the US Open semi-finals for the second time with a 3-6, 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka.

Youzhny beats Wawrinka in 5 sets in Open quarters

2010-09-10 02:18:12 GMT SINA.com The only other time Mikhail Youzhny reached the U.S. Open semifinals, in 2006, he got there by upsetting Rafael Nadal.

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King/Shvedova lift U.S. Open women's doubles title

2010-09-14 02:14:49 GMT Xinhua English NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-Kazakhstan pair Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova saved a match point to win the U.S. Open women's doubles title through a third-set tiebreaker on Monday.

Clijsters beats Zvonareva for 3rd US Open title

2010-09-12 10:29:28 GMT SINA.com Getting to every ball, putting most shots right where she wanted them, Kim Clijsters was so dominant in the U.S. Open final that it would have taken a perfect performance to top her.

Clisjters dispatches Venus into second straight US Open final

2010-09-11 07:00:30 GMT Xinhua English NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Kim Clijsters rallied from one set down to overcome two-time champion Venus Williams, advancing to her second straight US Open final on Friday.

Wozniacki and Zvonareva set for US Open semi-final

2010-09-09 07:14:50 GMT SINA.com NEW YORK (AFP) – Top seed Caroline Wozniacki will play Vera Zvonareva of Russia in Friday's semi-finals at the US Open after both battled their way through wind-swept last eight games on Wednesday.

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Nadal celebrates US Open win

2010-09-15 06:38:02 GMT SINA.com Less than a day after winning the US Open, world number one Rafael Nadal celebrated his hard fought victory -- with family and friends in New York's Times Square. Jon Decker reports.

Rafael Nadal poses with his trophy after US Open win

2010-09-14 06:43:27 GMT SINA.com Rafael Nadal is pictured with his trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic in their men's singles final of the 2010 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Nadal won 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

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2010-09-10 02:44:27 GMT SINA.com U.S. Open fashion: The worst-dressed tennis players.

Celebrities at the U.S. Open

2010-09-09 03:04:28 GMT SINA.com US celebrities attend the 2010 U.S. Open in the Flushing neighborhoodof the Queens borough of New York City.