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No. 1 Djokovic faces No. 2 Nadal in US Open final
US Open Tennis Heal
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, reacts after beating Richard Gasquet, of France, during the semifinals of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) - photo by Associated Press
NEW YORK — The game that will be talked about for years and years required 198 strokes, 30 points, and 21 minutes to decide. Entire sets have taken less. It might be easy to conclude that Novak Djokovic won his tense, topsy-turvy U.S. Open semifinal against Stanislas Wawrinka despite dropping that epic third game of the fifth set.