Tennis
Wawrinka wins the US Open
The Swiss professional tennis player Stan Wawrinka won for the first Time at the US Open. The 31-Year-old defeated Boris Becker protege Novak Djokovic in four sets.
The world ranking list Novak Djokovic has missed out on the successful defence of the title at the US Open. The German tennis icon Boris Becker trained Serb was in the final in New York, the Swiss Stan Wawrinka with 7:6 (7:1), 4:6, 5:7, 3:6 beaten.
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In a high-class game the rankings, took third from Lausanne to almost four hours his second match ball to win. The 31-year-old Wawrinka celebrated at the same time, the third Grand Slam title of his career. 2014 the Swiss in the Australian Open 2015 had won the French Open.
Djokovic struck
Djokovic was in the fourth set and not in the full possession of his powers. When the score was 1:3, the two-time US Open winner and twelve-time Grand Slam Champion took a medical time-out and was due to blisters on both big toes treated. “Stan, sorry, I could not stand more,” said Djokovic during the break, which is allowed at this time before the impact of the opponent, actually, only in the case of medical emergencies.
Djokovic (l.) congratulates the winner
For the Becker-protégé, the tennis year ends, after a fantastic Start, with a further disappointment. After the titles at the Australian Open and French Open, the speech was from the Golden Slam with Wins at Wimbledon, the US Open and at the Olympics. However, the turf classic at Wimbledon, Djokovic retired in the third round at the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro after the opening match against Juan Martin del Potro final.
wl/wa (dpa, sid)