The Latest: Nadal edges Medvedev during US Open for 19th major

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Open tennis contest (all times local):

9:10 p.m.

Rafael Nadal has edged Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to win his fourth U.S. Open pretension and 19th Grand Slam prize overall.

The second-seeded Nadal’s feat Sunday moves him within one vital championship of Roger Federer for a many by a male in tennis history.

This one did not come easily, even yet Nadal took a initial dual sets and was forward by a mangle during 3-2 in a third.

Medvedev came behind by changeable styles and violation Nadal in a final diversion of any of a subsequent dual sets to force a fifth.

But Medvedev couldn’t utterly turn a initial male in 70 years to win a U.S. Open final after trailing dual sets to none.

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8:05 p.m.

The U.S. Open final is headed to a fifth set.

Daniil Medvedev won a third and fourth sets opposite Rafael Nadal to make certain this one gets motionless in five. Medvedev is 20-2 given Wimbledon though has never won a five-set match.

Nadal won a initial dual sets 7-5, 6-3 and seemed staid to journey to a 19th Grand Slam title. Nadal is perplexing to win a U.S. Open for a second time in 3 years. But afterwards Medvedev took a subsequent two, 7-5 and 6-4.

Nadal has usually mislaid once during a Open when he took a initial dual sets. But a 23-year-old Medvedev is creation a run during another upset.

The final U.S. Open champion to convene from a two-set necessity in a final was Pancho Gonzales over Ted Schroeder in 1949.

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7:15 p.m.

Daniil Medvedev has rallied to win a third set of a U.S. Open opposite Rafael Nadal though still trails as he tries to win his initial Grand Slam title.

Medvedev won a third set 7-5. Nadal won a initial dual sets 7-5, 6-3. The three-time champion has mislaid usually once during a Open when he won a initial dual sets.

Medvedev is in a final of his fourth true hard-court tournament, with a feat in a many new one.

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6:10 p.m.

Rafael Nadal has won a initial dual sets of a U.S. Open final over Daniil Medvedev to pierce closer to a 19th Grand Slam singles title.

Nadal leads 7-5, 6-3 and has mislaid usually once during a Open when he won a initial dual sets.

A feat for Nadal would pierce him within one of Roger Federer’s men’s record for vital championships. Nadal is perplexing to win a U.S. Open for a second time in 3 years and fourth time overall.

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4:15 p.m.

The U.S. Open men’s final has started during Flushing Meadows.

Rafael Nadal is perplexing to win a 19th Grand Slam singles pretension and Daniil Medvedev gets a possibility for his first. A feat for Nadal would pierce him within one of Roger Federer’s men’s record for vital championships. Nadal is perplexing to win a U.S. Open for a second time in 3 years, and fourth time overall.

Medvedev is in a final of his fourth true hard-court tournament, with a feat in a many new one.

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3 p.m.

Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka have won a U.S. Open women’s doubles championship.

The twin degraded Victoria Azarenka and Ash Barty 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday during Arthur Ashe Stadium. Mertens and Sabalenka mislaid usually one set in a contest and won their initial Grand Slam pretension as a team. They faced usually one other seeded group on their approach to a title.

Mertens was degraded in singles play in a quarterfinals by Open champion Bianca Andreescu.

Later in a day, Rafael Nadal is personification for his 19th Grand Slam championship when he faces Daniil Medvedev in a U.S. Open final.

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8 a.m.

Rafael Nadal can win his 19th Grand Slam championship to pierce within one of Roger Federer’s record for group by winning a U.S. Open final opposite Daniil Medvedev.

The 33-year-old Nadal will be personification in his 27th vital final and a 23-year-old Medvedev is in his initial on Sunday during Flushing Meadows.

Medvedev had never been past a fourth turn during any Grand Slam contest until this one.

He has been superb on tough courts in new weeks, going 20-2 and reaching 4 finals in a row.

One of those came opposite Nadal, who kick a Russian in true sets during a Montreal Masters in August.

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