roger federer won the us open men’s singles title on 11th september 2016.
roger federer won the us open men’s singles title on 11th september 2016.
who won the us open men’s singles title on 11th september 2016?
roger federer
federer and nadal's participation in the 2017 australian open marked their major returns from their 2016 seasons that saw sidelining injuries. federer in particular had not played a tournament since the 2016 wimbledon semi-final, having aggravated his surgically repaired knee to the extent that he called off the rest of his 2016 season, including missing out the 2016 summer olympics in rio that he was keen to compete in for the men's singles olympic gold medal that eluded him and also playing the highly anticipated mixed doubles pairing with compatriot and fellow tennis great, martina hingis. unable to defend his cincinnati open and swiss basel indoors titles and his runner up position at the 2015 wimbledon and us open, federer fell from no. 3 to no. 16 at the end of the 2016, dropping out of the top 5 for the first time since march 2014 and dropping out of the top 10 rankings for the first time since 2002. contrasting federer's consistent semi-finals and finals appearances in grand slams from 2015 wimbledon onwards, nadal failed to make a grand slam quarterfinal since the 2015 french open. his last grand slam title win was the 2014 french open and his last appearance in the australian open men's singles final was against stan wawrinka in 2014, which wawrinka won in four sets. nadal, however, won the monte-carlo masters title in 2016, while federer, for the first time since 2000, did not win a tournament title. prior to the 2017 australian open, nadal had reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 brisbane international, losing to milos raonic, while federer had played in the 2017 hopman cup in singles and mixed round robins with belinda bencic, winning two and losing one match in both singles and mixed doubles (the swiss team did not qualify for the final).
2017 australian open – men's singles final
winning his 5th australian open men's singles title, roger federer extended his all-time record of grand slam titles to 18, pulling four ahead of the second all-time count of 14 held by rafael nadal and pete sampras. federer also became the first man ever to win at least 5 singles majors at 3 different grand slams each (australian open, wimbledon, and us open). in addition to being denied his third effort to win the australian open title, nadal was also denied, for the second time after the 2014 australian open men's singles final, from becoming the first man to achieve a double career grand slam in the open era. furthermore, federer's victory over nadal in the australian open 2017 final was his first grand slam match win over nadal since the 2007 wimbledon final nearly a decade earlier, and also marked federer's first ever win over nadal in a grand slam match outside of the grass courts of wimbledon. most importantly, federer's 2017 australian open title victory marked the culmination of his years-long quest since his 2012 wimbledon title win for his 18th grand slam singles title, which previously saw three finals appearances and losses all to then-reigning no. 1 novak djokovic at the 2014 wimbledon, 2015 wimbledon and the 2015 us open. at 35 years and 174 days of age, federer became the second-oldest winner of a grand slam after ken rosewall since 1972. considered altogether along with his return from his six-month injury layoff, his 2017 australian open run seeing three 5-set match wins over top 10 players, and his grand slam match history of losses against nadal, federer's victory from being down 1–3 in the final set against nadal in the 2017 australian open men's singles final is considered by some to be the biggest win in his career.
2017 australian open – men's singles final