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Rafael Nadal defeated Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's US Open final, needing two hours and 27 minutes to claim his third title at Flushing Meadows. With the roof open on Arthur Ashe Stadium, top-seeded Nadal notched his 16th major crown.
Here is how the final unfolded...
FIRST SET - Nadal 6-3
Anderson had claimed just one set in four previous meetings against Nadal, but the 31 year old is a much different player than he was in those encounters. Playing more aggressive tennis throughout the fortnight, he looked to pummel his forehand through Nadal's defences and maintain a high first-serve percentage.
Relying on his superior agility from the back of the court, Nadal conjured a pair of break points at 1-all. A backhand lob return winner landed just inside the baseline as Anderson attacked the net with a serve-and-volley approach. With celebrities Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Seinfeld, Hilary Swank, Tony Bennett and Bill Gates in attendance, Anderson earned a gritty 12-minute hold.
Both players looked to open the court with wide angles, but Nadal's dogged defence and court coverage refused to allow his opponent to find consistent success from the baseline. Anderson struck 20 unforced errors to Nadal's four through the first seven games of the match, as the World No. 1 broke for 4-3.
A second break would close out the set after 58 minutes, as a net-charging Nadal struck a backhand winner. He won seven of seven net points in the opener.
SECOND SET - Nadal 6-3
Nadal dropped just four points on serve in the first set, a stat Anderson looked to change early in the second. A forehand winner would give him a 30/30 look at the Manacor native's 1-all service game, but Nadal would escape from trouble.
Standing towards the back wall and biding his time before pressing forward with great depth, Nadal goaded Anderson into leaving his forehand short in the court. The World No. 1 would slam aside a volley winner to break for 4-2, as his perfect net points mark extended to 11-of-11 won. He would surge to a two-set advantage after one hour and 37 minutes.
THIRD SET - Nadal 6-4
Anderson did not play a poor match and will hold his head high after a strong fortnight in New York, but Nadal proved to be an impenetrable force throughout Sunday's final. He would open the third with another break and dropped just eight points on serve in the set, fighting to the finish line after Anderson pushed him to deuce when serving for the title.
Nadal raised his arms in triumph on his second match point, moving forward for a serve-and-volley winner. He prevailed after two hours and 27 minutes, firing 30 winners to just 11 unforced errors. He won 16 of 16 net points in total, while not facing a break point.

We look into storylines that emerged during the final Grand Slam of the season
1) Nadal Sends Uncle Toni Out On A Winning Note
Having cemented his southpaw grip on the Emirates ATP No. 1 Ranking with his 16th Grand Slam title, Rafael Nadal also extended his lead atop the Emirates Race to London over his great rival Roger Federer. But for all the ticker-tape on-court celebrations, trophy biting and talk of year-end No. 1s, this US Open was also very much about the man in the stands, his coach who has been there every step of the way – Uncle Toni Nadal.
Early in the season, Toni announced the US Open would be his last Grand Slam as his nephew’s coach having travelled the globe for the best part of 15 years. His Spanish charge is in great hands with fellow Majorcan and former World No. 1 Carlos Moya taking the reins.
“He’s someone that was pushing me all along, he was great motivation to practise as a kid,” Nadal said at the trophy presentation. “Thank you very much to him because he’s for sure one of the most important people in my life.”
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2) Del Potro A Force On The Biggest Stages Once More
Since his 2009 US Open breakthrough, the big Argentine has been to hell and back with a long list of wrist surgeries and subsequent lengthy rehabilitation stints on the sidelines. With a steady climb back into the Top 30 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, his season had been solid without taking the world by storm – until his US Open run.
Seeded 24th, he saw off No. 11 seed Roberto Bautista Agut and then fought back from two sets down, saving match points to deny No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem. It was his four-set triumph over No. 3 seed Roger Federer that catapulted him into his first Grand Slam semi-final since 2013 Wimbledon and despite coming up short against eventual champion Nadal in the semi-finals, this was the surest sign yet the 28 year old could once again be a Top 10 fixture.

3) Rublev Leads NextGen Charge
An open bottom half of the draw had many pundits pencilling in runaway #NextGenATP Emirates Race to Milan leader Alexander Zverev to reach his maiden Grand Slam final in New York, but fellow 20 year old, Borna Coric, had other ideas, taking down the German in the second round. Still searching for his first Slam quarter-final, the German will only have added motivation after 19 year old Andrey Rublev pipped him to the post.
The wiry Russian dismissed No. 7 seed Grigor Dimitrov and No. 9 seed David Goffin, both in straight sets, to reach the last eight before Nadal ended his run. Another teenager of Russian heritage was making big waves with Canada’s Denis Shapovalov backing up his surprise run to the Coupe Rogers semi-finals with a maiden fourth-round appearance at a Grand Slam. Cap backwards, fist-pumping and swinging from the hips, the 18 year old qualifier felled eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga en route before Pablo Carreno Busta had his number.

4) Perseverance Pays For Anderson
An injury-ravaged 2016 saw Kevin Anderson enter the season at No. 80 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Few could have predicted the 31 year old South African powering through to his first Grand Slam final at Flushing Meadows just eight months later.
Hip, leg and right elbow injuries had plagued his season, while last year, ankle surgery, groin, left knee and right shoulders problems derailed him. The ever-affable Anderson’s greatest hope out of his surprise run was not of rankings boosts or future titles but of the spin-off effect back home.
“We definitely face a lot of challenges when it comes to producing tennis players,” he said of South Africa. “I have said this all along, my biggest hope is I'm able to inspire the kids to get out and play, because it can definitely feel like it's a long road being so far from everything.”

5) Rojer/Tecau The Team To Beat
The Dutch-Romanian duo found it tough going last season trying to replicate a breakthrough run from the year prior. Their 2015 included a maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon and the year-end Emirates ATP No. 1 Doubles Team Ranking, having claimed the Nitto ATP Finals in London.
A 10-match winning streak now has seen them capture back-to-back titles at the Winston-Salem Open and US Open and puts them in a strong position to again qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in November. They are set to move up to third in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London.
Rojer/Tecau took down a string of established pairings to bag their second Grand Slam title – No. 6 seeds Marcel Granollers and Ivan Dodig, defending champions and No. 4 seeds Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray, top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers and No. 11 seeds Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez in a straight-sets final.

2017 US Open ended with another Rafael Nadal's historical mark, and we cannot do anything but start with him giving you the most interesting stats of the second week of the last Grand Slam tournament of the season. 16 - Grand Slam titles won by Rafael Nadal in career.

He is three away from Roger Federer (19), he has 2 more than Sampras (14), 4 more than Djokovic (12).
3 - US Open titles won by Nadal: 2010, 2013 and 2017. He equals Lendl and gets closer to McEnroe (4), Connors, Federer and Sampras (5).
2 - Grand Slam titles won by Nadal in the same.

It's the fourth time it happens after 2013 and 2008 (he had won 2), while in 2010 he had won 3.
0 - Top 20 players faced by Nadal at this event. Last Grand Slam winner to do it was Pete Sampras at 2000 Wimbledon.
3 - Top 10 players faced by del Potro: no.

8 Thiem, no. 3 Federer, No. 1 Nadal.
0 - Break points faced by Nadal against Anderson. Last time it happened was 2003 Wimbledon final when Federer dominated Philippoussis.
34 - Hard-courts events in a row where Nadal didn't win the title.

He had lost all the last 8 finals, last win was Doha 2014 vs Monfils.
15 - Grand Slam semifinals won in a row by Nadal. Last time he lost was 2009 US Open to del Potro.
2 - Spaniards at the top of men's and women's singles rankings, Nadal and Muguruza.

Last time a country had two No. 1s in the same week was 2003 with Agassi and Serena Williams.
31 and 19 - Nadal and Andrey Rublev's age. Last time that a Grand Slam final, semifinal or quarter-final was played between an over 30 player and a teenager was Sampras vs McEnroe at 1990 US Open.
53 - Matches won by Nadal in career at the US Open.

He won at least 50 Matches in the same tournament at Roland Garros (79), Monte Carlo (63), Barcelona (53), Rome and Australian Open (51), Indian Wells (50).
32 - Kevin Anderson's ranking at the US Open.

He became the lowest-ranked Grand Slam finalist since No. 38 Tsonga at 2008 Australian Open.
33 - Years in a row without a South African in a Grand Slam final before this event. Last player who had done it was Kevin Curren at 1984 Australian Open, he lost to Wilander.

Johan Kriek is the last player in the country who won a Grand Slam title, 1981 Australian Open.
203 - Kevin Anderson's height in centimeters. He became the tallest Grand Slam finalist in history.
2 - Debutant Grand Slam semifinalists who played against each other.

Last time it happened was 2005 Roland Garros Puerta vs Davydenko.
7 - First time Grand Slam finalists since 2010: Berdych (Wimbledon 2010), Ferrer (Roland Garros 2013), Wawrinka (Australian Open 2014), Cilic and Nishikori (US Open 2014), Raonic (Wimbledon 2016), Anderson (US Open 2017).
2 - Argentine quarter-finalists: del Potrò and Schwartzman.

Last time it happened in a Grand Slam event was 2005 US Open, Coria and Nalbandian.
3 - Thiem's losses wasting match points in the last month and a half: Anderson (Washington), Schwartzman (Montreal), del Potro (US Open).
19 - Rublev's age.

He became the youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Andy Roddick at 2001 US Open.
170 - Schwartzman's height in centimeters. He became the lowest Grand Slam quarter-finalist since fellow 170cm Jaime Yzaga at 1994 US Open.
77 mins - Lenghty of the match between Sam Querrey and Mischa Zverev, which was the fastest non-retirement match at this year's US Open.
1 - American quarter-finalist, Sam Querrey.

Last time an American went so deep in New York was 2011 when both Roddick and Isner reached quarters. 940 - Rankings posititions earned by Sloane Stephens in the past month. On August 7 she was No. 957, today No.

57.
7 - Women's Grand Slam finals in the Open era between two compatriots. Two of them came at the US Open in the last three years: in 2015 Italians Vinci-Pennetta, in 2017 Americans Stephens-Keys.
2 - All-American US Open finals in the new Millennium.

First one was between Serena and Venus Williams in 2002.
3 - Grand Slam finalists who are 24 or younger: Stephens (24), Muguruza (23), Ostapenko (20). Last time it happened was 2005 with Serena Williams (24), Justine Henin (23), Clijsters (22).
4 - Americans in the semifinalis.

In Grand Slam men's and women's singles draws it happened other six times (1979, '81, '82, '83 US Open, '83 e '95 Australian Open, '85 Wimbledon).
5 - Venus Williams's ranking position.

She is back into the top five 19 years after she broke it for the first time (July 1998).
3 - Grand Slam semifinals reached by Venus Williams this year, two finals (Australian Open and Wimbledon). In 2002 she reached three finals.

20 Grand Slam matches won this year, no one did better.
3 - Times that Madison Keys beat Coco Vandeweghe in the last month and a half: Stanford, Cincinnati and US Open.
1 - Top 8 seed player who reached quarters.

Since when 32 players seeding format was at 2001 Wimbledon, it happened only other two times.
308 - Kaia Kanepi's rankings places earned at the US Open. Before qualies she was No. 418, then she won seven matches to get to No.

110.
25 - Grand Slam titles won by Martina Hingis: 5 singles,13 doubles and seven mixed. She won two titles at this year's US Open alongside Jamie Murray and Chan.