rafael nadal beat roger federer in the us open.
rafael nadal beat roger federer in the us open.
who beat roger federer in the us open?
rafael nadal
roger federer won the australian open, beating briton andy murray, whom he also beat in the final of the 2008 us open. federer played in eighteen tournaments in 2010, and won five. he made the semifinals of his opening tournament at the qatar open in doha, losing to nikolay davydenko, and at the estoril open, which he had won in 2008, losing to defending and eventual champion albert montañés. federer was runner-up in the mutua madrileña madrid open to rafael nadal. at the french open, he faced his opponent in the previous year's final, robin söderling at the quarterfinals stage and lost. as defending champion at wimbledon, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by tomáš berdych in four sets, thus ending his streak of seven consecutive wimbledon finals also falling to world no. 3, his lowest ranking since 2003. during the summer hard-court season, federer hired paul annacone to be his coach and revive his form. at the 2010 us open, federer advanced to his seventh straight semifinal appearance, but lost to novak djokovic in five sets, despite holding two match points in the final set. federer's ranking slipped from no. 2 to no. 3 after the tournament, but he finished the year strong with victories in stockholm, basel, and the atp tour finals to pass djokovic in the rankings and finish the year at no. 2. by the end of 2010 roger federer became widely considered as the greatest male tennis player of all time.
2010 roger federer tennis season
in the men's singles tournament final, andy murray beat roger federer in straight sets in front of a home crowd to avenge his four-set loss against federer exactly four weeks earlier on centre court in the finals at wimbledon. in doing so, he denied federer the chance to become the third man to win a career singles golden grand slam after nadal at the 2010 us open and andre agassi at the 1999 french open. he also became the first british man to win singles tennis gold since josiah ritchie in 1908 (also at wimbledon) and the first to win a major event at wimbledon since fred perry won the championships in 1936. based on his gold medal as well as his achievements over the following four years, including a us open championship, two wimbledon championships and a davis cup, team gb chose him as their flagbearer for the opening ceremony in rio de janeiro in 2016, where he won a second consecutive gold medal.
tennis at the 2012 summer olympics