ilovemylife: RAFAEL NADAL IS KING OF THE HILL, TOP OF THE LIST, "A", NUMBER ONE IN OLD NEW YORK ~ NEW YORK, NEW YORK

CONGRATULATIONS RAFA!!
CAREER GRAND SLAM WINNER!!

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates with the championship trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the men's singles final on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

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Right through the very heart of it -
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And find I’m King of the Hill -
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I’ll make a brand new start of it -
in old New York
If I can make it there,
I’ll make it anywhere
It’s up to you - New York, New York
New York, New York
I want to wake up in a city, that never sleeps
And find I’m a Number One,
Top of the List,
King of the Hill "A", Number One

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I’m gonna make a brand new start of it - in old New York
And if I can make it there, I’m gonna make it anywhere
It up to you - New York, New York
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Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the championship trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the men's singles final on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images North America

GREAT PICTURES WITH THE US OPEN 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
Rafael Nadal

More GREAT pictures with Rafa holding the US Open 2010 Championship Trophy

Great picture with Rafa and Novak after the Final Match

US OPEN 2010

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Rafa Nadal defeats Novak Djokovic
6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
Monday, September 13, 2010
~ a day late due to rain on Sunday ~
The second set had a 2 hour rain delay at 4-4, 30-30 Djokovic serving

The Tennis Channel
re-airing Men's Final US Open 2010 match

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
8:00 p.m. - 11:oo p.m. USA EST/EDT

zimbio pictures US Open 2010 FINAL Rafael Nadal

daylife pictures US Open 2010 FINAL Rafael Nadal

Rafa is only one of three tennis players
to win an Olympic Gold Medal and a Career Grand_Slam
The three players are
Andre Agassi, Stefi Graf and Rafael Nadal

Rafa is the first player since 1969 (Rod Laver)
to win the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year

The four Grand Slam tournaments, also called the Majors,^[1] are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, played in that order. Both the Australian Open and the US Open are played on hard courts, while the French Open is played on clay, and Wimbledon is played on grass. Source wikipedia Grand_Slam

Career Grand Slam

Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a Career Grand Slam. Seven men and nine women have accomplished this in singles play, but only four men (Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal) and five women (Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Serena Williams) have done so since the beginning of the open era

Source wikipedia Grand_Slam

Men's Singles

Fred Perry (1933 US Championships, 1934 Australian Championships, 1934 Wimbledon Championships & 1935 French Championships) [26]
Don Budge (1937 Wimbledon Championships, 1937 US Championships, 1938 Australian Championships & 1938 French Championships) [23]
Rod Laver (1960 Australian Championships, 1961 Wimbledon Championships, 1962 French Championships & 1962 US Championships) [24]
Roy Emerson (1961 Australian Championships, 1961 US Championships, 1963 French Championships & 1964 Wimbledon Championships) [27]
Andre Agassi (1992 Wimbledon, 1994 US Open, 1995 Australian Open & 1999 French Open) [29]
- Agassi also accomplished a Career Golden Slam by winning the Singles Olympic Gold Medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games to go with his career Grand Slam. However, tennis was absent from the Olympics for 60 years, from 1924–1984.
Roger Federer (2003 Wimbledon, 2004 Australian Open, 2004 US Open & 2009 French Open) [27]
Rafael Nadal (2005 French Open, 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open & 2010 US Open) [24]
- Nadal also accomplished a Career Golden Slam by winning the Singles Olympic Gold Medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to go with his career Grand Slam.
Source wikipedia Grand_Slam

Rafa won the French Open in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010. He won Wimbledon in years 2008 and 2010. He didn't play Wimbledon in 2009.

~ For More Records ~

wikipedia Grand_Slam

tennis-x.com/stats/tennis records

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the men's singles final on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain falls to his knees in celebration of his win over Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's singles final on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain rolls on the ground in celebration of his win over Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's singles final on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his men's singles final match on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain wipes his face while playing against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his men's singles final match on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain wipes his face with a towel during his men's singles final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts while playing against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his men's singles final match on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his men's singles final match on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on while playing against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his men's singles final match on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain looks to return a shot against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his men's singles final match on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain rolls on the ground in celebration of defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the men's singles final on day fifteen of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America

WAY TO GO, RAFA!

AS THE US OPEN 2010 WEBSITE SAYS...

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