Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer to capture U.S. Open title

Novak Djokovic of Serbia captured his third Grand Slam title of the year Sunday, beating Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in the U.S. Open men's singles final in New York.

Only a loss to Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final kept Djokovic, 28, from sweeping the major events in 2015. He captured his second U.S. Open championship, the other coming in 2011, another year in which he earned Australian Open and Wimbledon crowns, too.

Djokovic joins Federer as the only players to capture three of the four Grand Slam events in a year more than once. Federer accomplished the feat in 2004, 2006 and 2007, each time winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.

The victory is the 10th of Djokovic's career in Grand Slam events, and he is 10-8 in finals.

The U.S. Open final was a rematch of the Wimbledon final this summer, which resulted in another Djokovic four-set win over Federer.

Federer, 34, fell to 17-10 in major finals. He holds the Open-era record with 17 Grand Slam titles, but has not won one since 2012 Wimbledon despite reaching the past two finals.

Each of the past three times Federer advanced to a major final -- Wimbledon last year, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open this year -- he fell to Djokovic. Federer beat Djokovic in the 2007 U.S. Open title match, one of his five championships in Flushing Meadows.

The men's final Sunday was played in the evening after a long rain delay.