Juan Martin del Potro (far left) ends Roger Federer's (background at left) string of U.S. Open men's singles titles at five by winning a five-set final Sept. 14 for his first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Argentine man to win in Flushing Meadows, New York, since Guillermo Vilas in 1977. A day earlier, Kim Clijsters (seen with her daughter, Jada, at right) won the women's final in just her third tournament after a 2 1/2 year retirement, becoming the first mother to win the U.S. Open. AP PHOTOS
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