Rafael Nadal  

Rafael Nadal won the US Open men’s singles after a thrilling five-set final against Daniil Medvedev. Lasith Malinga took four wickets in four balls in a T20I while Australia have retained the Ashes. All this and more in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly review show (September 2 to 8)

The 33-year-old Rafael Nadal moved one shy of Roger Federer's all-time men's record 20 Grand Slam triumphs and became the second-oldest New York champion in the Open era after Ken Rosewall in 1970 at age 35

The Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal game at the Cape Town Stadium, built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is set to break the attendance record of 35,681 for a tennis match set by Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams in 2010 in Brussels

The ninth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev finished with an ace after saving break points in the final game, lifting a first Masters 1000 trophy after settling for runner-up finishes to Nick Kyrgios in Washington and Rafael Nadal in Montreal last weekend
 

Roger Federer is the third oldest to play in a Grand Slam final after 39-year-old Ken Rosewall featured in the 1974 Wimbledon and US Open finals

Krishnan, who had reached the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon in 1986, hinted at Spain’s Rafael Nadal winning the title this time

 Nick Kyrgios received a warning for 'unsportsmanlike' behaviour after running into an argument with the umpire after serving under-arm twice in his match against Rafael Nadal 

Portugal edged Netherlands 1-0 to lift the inaugural UEFA Nations League trophy on Sunday (June 9) night in Porto. This news and more in our Sportstop
 

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The world no 1 Novak Djokovic outplayed Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 for his third Grand Slam title in a row. This was the Serbian top seed's 15th major and he went past American great Pete Sampras (14) be third on the all-time list

In the fifth set, Rafael Nadal held three break points at five all, love-40, but Dominic Thiem took the next five points to hold serve. That, Nadal would say afterward, managed to 'break my heart. But I just keep going'

Khachanov, 22 and bidding to make the last 16 of a Slam for the third time this year, took the opener while Nadal, who converted just one of five break points in the set, needed strapping to support his right knee in the changeover