Rafael Nadal: Striking Gold | Retirement Tribute

Who will be the last man standing at the 2010 U.S. Open? Nadal has never been at his best on the hard courts here in New York over the course of his career, but he was a semi-finalist the past two years. All year in 2010, Nadal has been priming for the U.S. Open, hoping to add this to his resume and become only the seventh man in history to win all four major championships across a career. Once again, everyone around the world watching tennis from the United States Open. Two-set lead. Finally. He did it at such a high level. So the crowd will be into this one. Nadal fans all over the world. He's doing good tonight. He's up a set. What would winning this tournament and having the chance to win three straight Grand Slams tournaments mean to you? I told you now. I don't want to talk about winning here now because this year I'm five matches away, so see what happens. The odds when you step on the court with those guys. I saw this low pass, but I thought the low pass has done actually a pretty good job. A nice, aggressive ball in the corner. It was, I think, a very important victory for me. I'm in the semifinals another time. Great night, full stadium. Thank you very much, everybody, for the crowd. Mikhail Yusty at Warsaw is a Grand Slam semifinalist for the second time in the league. Novak Djokovic goes to the final of the U.S. Open. Please welcome our players for today's U.S. Open men's singles championship match. The Dow's looking to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open championships in the same season. Furthermore, he wants to record a career Grand Slam. 422 Eastern time in New York. Wow. That's a great start. Top seed, Rafael Nadal. Oh, and he goes and explodes. He lifts himself off the ground. Got it. What a shot. Who is the best player in tennis this year? Well, you have to give that title to Nadal, you know, because he has won everything on clay, French Open, Wimbledon. He's been playing so well, and that's why he's number one. So, I mean, the rankings don't lie. All is good. The crowd is appreciating the effort. I would like first to congratulate Rafa and his team for an amazing tournament, and right now, he's the best player in the world, and he absolutely deserves this title well done again. This had been the one Grand Slam that you hadn't been able to conquer until today. What does it mean to you to now be a U.S. Open champion? You know, that's more than what I dreamt, you know, so it's just amazing to be here in this final for me. Just to arrive to this final was amazing, and when I have the trophy here in a few seconds with my fans, it's going to be unbelievable. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2010 U.S. Open Men's Championship, Rafael Nadal!