6-7,6-4,7-5,6-3 on Sunday Sep 11,2016 in the final
Stanislas Wawrinka's US Open triumph over world number one Novak Djokovic gave him a third Grand Slam title in as many, finals(had won the 2014 Australian Open and the 2015 French Open) but the 31-year-old Swiss says they don't get any easier.
Wawrinka, described by Djokovic as a player who rises to the big occasion like no other, admitted he was a mass of nerves before Sunday's championship match.
"I was shaking in the locker room," he said, adding that during his last minute discussions with coach Magnus Norman "I start to cry".
"I was completely shaking," said Wawrinka, although he added that through it all he remained convinced that he had the game to win.
"Physically I was there. My game was there. Put the fight on the court, and you will have a chance to win," he told himself.
That's exactly what Wawrinka did, shaking off the loss of the first set to post a 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 victory over 12-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic.
He denied Djokovic a second straight US Open title, and for the third time beat a reigning number one in a major final.
It was the first time the winner of the US Open final in men's singles won the match after losing the first set since Juan Martin del Potro(Argentina) in 2009 when he lost to Roger Federer (Swiss)3-6,7-6,4-6,7-6
This was the first US Open since 1999 not to feature five-time champion Roger Federer
It was also the first Grand Slam tournament since the 2004 French Open in which none of Roger Federer,Rafael Nadal or Andy Murray reached the SF's
In addition, there was no American player among the top 16 seeds for the first time in US Open history.
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