Nadal, who will be overtaken by Novak Djokovic as the number one player in the world regardless of the outcome of their final on Sunday, did not make a single unforced error in that second set.

Novak Djokovic has been forced to pull out of next week's Monte Carlo Masters because of a knee injury.

Rafael Nadal joined the ranks of the all-time greats of tennis as he beat Novak Djokovic to win the US Open and complete his set of Grand Slam titles.