6-3 6-3 6-4. Rafa won his third US Open title in just two hours 27 minutes. He had to win three sets.
breitling replica watches's opponent in the final was somewhat surprising, as he faced a player who was ranked 80 on global standings at start 2017: South African Kevin Anderson.
They are 31 years old and have known each other since 12 and also met on four occasions on the professional front,skytimepiece.org all of which were won in part by Rafa.
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Rafa is now second in the list of all-time titles won at 16 and just behind Pete Sampras who has fourteen. Federer, with 19 titles, is at the top of this list.