Juan Martin del Potro brought Roger Federer's five-year dominance at the US Open to an end to win a grand slam in his first final.
An Argentinian, David Nalbandian, was the last person to beat Federer in New York in the 2003 fourth round - and it was another who broke his subsequent 40-match winning streak.
Guillermo Vilas in 1977, is the only other of del Potro's countrymen to have won the US Open.
The 20-year-old sixth seed, beaten six times in previous meetings by Federer, denied the world number one a third grand slam of the year with a 3-6 7-6 (7/5) 4-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium as the US Open stretched into a 15th day because of heavy rain that all but washed out play on Friday and much of Saturday
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