DANTE LASTING
Assistant Sports Editor
The US Open has ended, two people have been crowned champions and history has been made.
The women’s final concluded on Saturday with underdog Bianca Andreescu beating Serena Williams. The 19-year-old won her first Grand Slam title and is the first Canadian to win a major. She beat Williams 6-3, 7-5 and had the momentum throughout the entire match. She gets to 8-0 against top 10 players this year, beating Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Wozniacki, Kiki Bertens, Elina Svitolina, Angelique Kerber (twice) and Williams. On top of her championship trophy, she also won the US Open Series Breakout Performer. She sported both trophies at The Top of the Rock in New York City. She is the first teenager to win a major since Maria Sharapova in 2006 and the first person to win born in the 2000s. With this US Open win she moves up from being ranked No. 15 to No. 5.
The men’s final finished a little differently on Sunday. Rafael Nadal beat Daniil Medvedev in a five set match, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6 and 6-4. This is Nadal’s 19th single’s title and now is only trailing Roger Federer’s all-time grand slam record wins by one. This is Nadal’s fourth US Open title and is one shy of Federer’s five. For Medvedev, this was his first grand slam appearance. He just came up short in the finals after posting a comeback to put him back in the match. Nadal, age 33, has 84 career titles and earned gold medals in the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics.