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#3 Rafael Nadal (2017)
New York has a special place in Rafael Nadal's life as this was where he completed his Career Slam way back in 2010. Nadal won here again in 2013.
2017 was a year of revival of Rafa, after having suffered numerous injuries in 2015 and 2016. Remarkably, in both these years, neither Nadal or Federer won a single Grand Slam. Nadal came into the US Open 2017 with a chance to cement the year-end number one ranking.
This was one of Nadal's easier Grand Slam victories, as he faced five unseeded players in total.
The highest-seeded opponent that he faced all tournament long, was in the semifinal where he faced off against 24th-seeded Del Potro. Nadal swept aside 28th seed Kevin Anderson in the finals, to win his third US Open title at the age of 31 years, 99 days.
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