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Novak Djokovic strengthened his place atop men’s tennis with a four-set win against Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open final, becoming the sixth man to win three Grand Slam championships in a single year. 

The 24-year-old Serb and the top seed, improved his season record to 64-2 with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1 victory against Nadal, the second seed from Spain, at the National Tennis Center in New York. It was a rematch of the 2010 U.S. Open final won by Nadal. 

Djokovic also beat Nadal, 25, in the Wimbledon final in July and won the Australian Open in January. The only one of tennis’ four major tournaments he failed to capture this year was the French Open, where he lost to Roger Federer in the semifinals.