The Spaniard stormed to a 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory in Sunday’s final at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n
“It’s just unbelievable what happened this year,” said the world number one.<\/p>\n
“After a couple of years with some troubles, injuries, sometimes playing not good – since the beginning of the season it has been very, very emotional.”<\/p>\n
Having won the French Open in June earlier this year, 31-year-old Nadal has now won two Slams in the same year for the first time since 2013.<\/p>\n
Of his Uncle Toni, with whom he will no longer be working he said, “I can’t thank him enough for all the things he did for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Probably without him I would never be playing tennis and it’s great I had somebody like him pushing me all the time.”<\/p>\n
Carlos Moya will be taking sole charge of coaching Nadal from 2018.<\/p>\n
This season\u2019s Grand Slams were shared between Nadal and Roger Federer, with the latter taking home the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles.<\/p>\n
With 19 Grand Slam titles, Federer remains at the top of the men’s all-time Slam list, three ahead of Nadal, who has now won 10 French titles, three US, two Wimbledon and one Australian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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